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Nation : British
Local Price : £3,650.00

British Naval Officers Silver Hilted Sword c 1790. British Naval Officers Silver Hilted Sword c 1790 pre Trafalgar. The hilt hallmarked silver gilt maker marked F.T _ Francis Thurkle c 1795 the silver date stamp letter is not clear, mother of pearl grips one of which engraved with crown over anchor. The cross piece, guard and pommel are marked with a lion silver mark and the folding guard engraved with floral designs. The blue and gilt triangluar blade is maker marked I W M of Soligen with matching floral decoration to the hilt, trophies of arms and a figure possibly depicting Amphitrite – Queen – Goddess of the sea. Complete with black leather scabbard with gilt brass mounts, overall length 92cm the blade 76cm

Nation : -
Local Price : $4495.00

Medieval Knightly Broadsword, 14th/15th C. Probably of Eastern European origin, the broad double-edged blade is 31 1/2″ long with three narrow fullers extending less than half the blade’s length. The iron cross guard is forged in two pieces of flat-section iron, with the ends looping around to stop just short of the guard. The two pieces are forged together with a gap at the center to allow the blade tang to pass through. The pommel is of flattened oval shape with a central depression on both sides. Both this guard and pommel style are found on 14th and 15th C swords from Hungary and other Eastern European countries. Overall length 36 7/8″. Cleaned and conserved excavated condition with very dark patina. Very similar sword illustrated in “Europaische Hieb-und Stichwaffen”, by Muller, et al, on pages 170 & 171

Nation : ?
Local Price : 4,650.00 USD

EUROPEAN RAPIER C.1640. Type identified by Norman as Hilt 106 (1635-80) and virtually identical to the accompanying illustration. Norman states that “these are often shown in portraits of commanders in armor” several of which he mentions in the text of p.184-6, along with several examples in museum collections including A680, Wallace Collection. This example with 32 1/2” double-edged blade inscribed with cabalistic figures and ciphers on both sides. The elegant iron hilt is of quality worthy of a commander. It dates to a period of war and treachery sometimes called “The General Crisis” which includes the Thirty Years' War, English Civil Wars, War of Spanish Succession as well as numerous other conflicts. In excellent preservation for the period, it probably was preserved as a family (likely noble, perhaps royal) heirloom of an ancestral military commander. That conclusion is supported by the presence of smudges of “manor house paint spatter” which occurred as the ceilings of homes of the wealthy were frequently repainted to cover candle smoke without protecting the walls and wall hangings.

Nation : North European
Local Price : 4,650.00 USD

FINELY CHISELED NORTH EUROPEAN RAPIER C.1660. This sword derives from a group which developed about 1640 and was popular for a few decades only. The core of the group are the dish hilted rapiers of which this is a variation. Straight quillons with scroll terminals, each issuing from a hound's head. The hilt elements are finely chiseled in high relief with military motifs including flags, Turkish tents and cavalry in armor. The quillon block is chiseled in a mounted cuirassier one side and pikeman on the reverse, both in armor. It was probably the civilian sword of a military officer and the time frame coincides with the build up of military activity between the Ottoman Empire and Northern Europe which culminated in the Siege of Vienna of 1683. The 33" thrusting blade is fullered and decorated with a tendril at the forte.

Nation : British
Local Price : £3600

English Mortuary Sword of Early Form dating to the second quarter of the 17th century. A fine English “Mortuary” hilted sword dating to the second quarter of the of the 17th century and the English Civil War period. The spacious hilt is of boatshell type uniquely and boldly chiselled and engraved with monsters and busts in the English manner. The hilt has a wristguard, a knucklebow to the front and guard bars on each side. The secondary scrolled guard bars present on later Mortuary hilts had not yet evolved at the time this sword was made indicating that it is of early type probably dating to the time just after Mortuary swords evolved from the “Proto” Mortuary types. It is mounted with a robust double edged blade. The hilt is of typical form consisting of a broad boat-shaped guard plate from which the three main curved flattened guard bars taper upwards ending with flattened angled terminals screwed into the pommel. The base of each side guard bar is strengthened with a fishtail terminal which joins the bars to the dish. The downwardly curled wrist guard strengthens the rear edge of the plate. The sword is notable because of its robust build, fine condition and the higher than average quality and depth of the chiselled decoration. The convex surface of the guard plate is chiselled with three finely executed busts of men with wigs and mustaches which may represent King Charles I. Each bust is surrounded by two scaly sea monsters within floral bordered panels. The heavy solid pommel is of slightly flattened globular shape with an integral button on top and a flared neck beneath. It is chiselled in the same style as the hilt with busts on each side surrounded by monsters which demonstrates the homogeneity of the parts. The grip is an impressive piece of work. It consists of a fluted wooden core horizontally wrapped with twisted brass wire depressed into the six flutes. Vertical lengths of twisted wire are applied to the flutes and Turks Heads are present at the top and bottom of the grip. The base of the grip sits on an iron flanged plug mounted onto the inside of the guard plate from which two langets extend through the tang aperture to flank the blade either side for a short distance below the hilt. The double-edged blade is of flattened hexagonal section and tapers gently to its tip. It has a stylised orb and cross armourers mark on both sides with crosses and geometric shapes below. The blade was probably made in Solingen in Germany from where huge numbers of blades were imported into Britain during the Civil War period to fulfil demand for swords on both Royalist and Parliamentarian sides. The blade is 32 inches long (81.25 cm) and overall the sword measures 38.5 inches (98 cm) long. Stuart C Mowbray in “British Military Swords”, Mowbray Publishing, 2013, dedicates a section to Mortuary Swords in pages 178 to 225, as does Cyril Mazansky, in “British Basket Hilted Swords”, Boydell Press 2005, Chapter 11, pages 233 to 280.

Nation : ?
Local Price : £3500.00

Incredibly Rare 56 Bore Revolver. A Rare Cased 56 Bore M1851 Adams Percussion Revolver, No. 8627R. With octagonal sighted barrel and top strap engraved ‘Deane, Adams & Deane, 30 King William Street, London Bridge' with five-shot cylinder, that is matched to the frame with No. 8627R engraved to both. Engraved frame and trigger guard with finely chequered walnut butt with engraved butt cap. The frame is stamped '56' bore along the with the corresponding & correct tailed bullet mould also stamped '56' bore along with the correct patent date of 28th November 1851: in an associated box lined in green base with the original retailers label and complete with accessories including bullet mould, powder flask, loading rod, nipple wrench, turn screw etc. Dimensions: Bore: 56 Bore Barrel Length: 6.5 Inches (16.51 cm) Overall Length: 12 Inches (30.48 cm)

Nation : British
Local Price : £3,500.00

Rare Royal Forrester´s Pattern 1760 Flintlock Light Dragoon Pistol. SN R007. A Rare Royal Forrester´s Pattern 1760 Flintlock Light Dragoon Pistol 16 1/2&157; overall, 9&157; round barrel with central proof marks, stepped flat lockplate with crown GR over stamped Mayor, border engraved cock, walnut full stock with long eared butt cap, escutcheon, brass trigger guard and large stepped side plate and ramrod pipe. Stock moulded around barrel tang. In sleepy patinated condition, cock a working life replacement, lacking ramrod.&194;&160; Circa 1760 Thomas Mayor Brass gun furniture maker to the Ordnance 1761-1767, succeeded by his widow Jane 1767-1795 &194;&160;Provenance Robert E Brooker Jr Collection author of British Military Pistols 1603-1888 Collection.No. 137. Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : Italian
Local Price : $3495.00

Venetian Schiavona Broadsword, Mid-17th C. The schiavona is a distinctly Venetian sword carried for centuries by the Dalmatian mercenaries hired by the Doge of Venice. The earliest examples had a simple cruciform hilt which evolved progressively to the ornate intricate basket hilt of the 18th C. The one feature that remained constant throughout its period of use is the distinctive cat's head pommel, the earliest examples being of iron with later pommels of brass or bronze. This example from the mid-17th C features a possibly earlier broad 35 1/8″ double-edged blade of hexagonal-section with short central fuller and armorer's mark stamped on both sides. Iron basket hilt of typical style formed of flattened bars with incised line decor, straight reverse quillon with small button finial, thumb ring on reverse. Brass cat's head pommel with small ring attaching to the upper end of the guard; original leather-wrapped grip with twisted brass wire. Overall length 41″. Metal lightly pitted with a few patches of heavier pitting on the blade; age patina.