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Nation : British
Local Price : £3495

Click and use the code >24859 to search for this item on the dealer website Super & Historical Brown Bess Flintlock Musket & Bayonet. In Its Final Service Days, Part of the Arms Used by The Expeditionary Sailing Schooner & Steam Ship of the River Niger. Engraved With the Name of The 1st Propeller Driven Exploring Steamship

Nation : British
Local Price : 4,500.00 USD

AN EXTREMELY RARE SCOTTISH PLUG BAYONET C.1690. This example, with 9" blade, belongs to a group of daggers with similar blades and guards, decorated in silver as is this one, many of which bear Jacobite mottos. They have spatulate profile reeded bog oak grips. A very few, as this one are mounted as plug bayonets. The hilt is darkly grained bog oak with a silver ferrule and silver flower head disk at the top. The Jacobite Rebellion came at a time when the plug bayonet had reached its greatest popularity and this is the Scottish separatists rendition. Provenance: J. F. R. Winsbury Collection

Nation : British
Local Price : £3,450.00

Georgian Royal Company of Archers Sword. Early rare example of a Georgian Royal Company of Archers Sword used by The Company of Archers for King George 4th visit to Scotland in 1822, the first visit of a reigning monarch to Scotland in nearly two centuries, the last being by Charles II for his Scottish Coronation in 1651 Stunning quality gilt brass hilt and guard all of which is heavily engraved with ribbed wire bound grip and complete with full dress sword knot. The blade double edged tapering to a point and engraved with figures and floral decoration. The black leather scabbard mounted with gilt brass fittings which again are all highly engraved and fitted with hanging rings and frog stud, the reverse of the top mount with makers details WEBB, MANUFACTURER, PICCADILLY, LONDON Provenance : Fettercairn House Kincardineshire Scotland probably the sword of Sir William Forbes, 7th Baronet,Sir William was 48 at the time of the King’s visit, and he died 6 years late. Almost certainly made for the occasion of the kings visit in 1822. The Royal Company of Archers, The King’s Bodyguard for Scotland is a ceremonial unit that serves as the Sovereign’s bodyguard in Scotland”a role it has performed since 1822 during the reign of King George IV when the company provided a personal bodyguard to the King on his visit to Scotland

Nation : British
Local Price : £3450

Scottish Military Basket Hilted Sword dating to 1750 to 1760 with the maker’s mark “M” stamped inside the Hilt. Scottish swords of this distinctive type were made for infantry soldiers serving in Highland Regiments. The style of hilt was developed in Glasgow which was already famous for the manufacture of traditional Scottish basket hilted swords since at least the early 17th century. The hilt type is a simplified version of the more usual Scottish sword type of the mid-18th century. Around 1757 production of these swords transferred to England as demand grew due to the increasing numbers of Highlanders being recruited into the newly raised Highland regiments in the British Army. England was better placed to fulfill bigger contracts in a more cost-effective and timely manner. Production fell into the hands of one firm first owned by Nathaniel Jeffreys then from 1771 by Dru Drury. Jeffreys and Drury employed backsword blades with single fullers and generally stamped their blades both sides in a similar manner and size with a crown, “G R” beneath and their surname below. These swords were of poorer quality than those previously produced in Scotland although of the same style. The hilts were cut from sheet iron which was bent into shape. The Scottish made swords were forged from thicker bars of iron in the traditional manner and were more robust. The hilt of the sword featured here is forged in the traditional manner and dates to the period before production moved to Jeffreys and Drury. Hence we date this sword to the 1750’s. It is signed with a maker’s mark of a letter “M” inside the hilt which may be the initial of Alexander Magget or John Melvill, both booked as journeymen in 1739 and 1742 respectively to John Simpson (II), who was the most important sword maker in Glasgow in the second quarter of the 18th century. He probably died in 1749 when his will was recorded. The sword dates to the early period of the Highland Regiments and may have been used in North America in the French and Indian War (1754 to 1763) which was a theatre of the Seven Years War in Europe. The Highland Regiments gave up their swords in 1784 when production of this sword type ceased. The sword described here is a representative example. The primary and secondary guard plates are pierced with circles and triangles. The pommel is cone shaped with an integral button on top. The tops of the three arms of the guard are secured under a lip which extends around the pommel base. The grip is made of spirally grooved wood mounted with a covering of shagreen and bound with plaited wire and mounted with iron bands top and bottom. The single edged blade has a fuller running underneath the blunt back edge and is 31 inches (79 cm) long. The overall length of the sword is 37.25 inches (94.5 cm). Overall the iron and steel parts are in fine condition with mottled age staining. For general reading on the sword type see Anthony D Darling, Swords for the Highland Regiments 1757 – 1784, Mowbray Incorporated, 1988. And for other examples see Cyril Mazansky, British Basket-Hilted Swords, Boydell Press / Royal Armouries, 2005, pages 129 to 130. And John Wallace, Scottish Swords and Dirks, Arms and Armour Press, 1970, fig 42, for a sword in the National Museums of Scotland, collection reference LA 27.

Nation : British
Local Price : £3450

Click and use the code >23377 to search for this item on the dealer website Very Rare American War of independence Era 1773-1780 British Light Dragoon Officer´s Sword. Originally Purchased from The Tower of London Collection by A Private Collector Nearly 50 Years Ago

Nation : Persian
Local Price : £3450

Click and use the code >24850 to search for this item on the dealer website Beautiful Matched Pair of An Ancient Bronze Sword and Dagger With Pierced Bird Cage Pommels. From The Era of the Ancient Greco-Persian Wars

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £3450

Click and use the code >23511 to search for this item on the dealer website Stunning & Beautiful Edo Period Tachi-kake, Japanese Samurai Sword Stand Okuyama Family, Descendants of the Famous Genji Clan

Nation : British
Local Price : £3450

Click and use the code >23331 to search for this item on the dealer website 1730 18th Century Culloden Period Scottish Basket Hilted Sword