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Nation : British
Local Price : 3995.00 USD

Extremely Rare, Unpublished Dragoon Officer’s Saber By Thomas Gill, C 1785.. Possibly a prototype, experimental or a one off with beautiful, large, cast steel, basket guard and 36” straight blade, bearing “Gill’s Warranted” mark, now worn from many years of polishing. Original fish skin grip with braided brass wire still intact. The uniquely designed basket guard is stunning. It is topped off by a tall pommel with seashell design! If you want one hell of an 18th century British dragoon saber, this is it! Price is firm. Thanks for looking! Be sure to check out our other listings for more rare and important swords! Our direct email address is: [email protected]

Nation : Spanish
Local Price : 3995.00 USD

Rare & Important 17th Century Spanish Cup Hilt Rapier / Backsword!. Here is a very rare and early Spanish cup hilt rapier in "untouched" condition (all original) with a beautifully chiseled hilt! Its gadrooned turban pommel has a tall integral capstan that has never been re-peened (so hilt has some looseness – we like it like that as it only attests to the swords purity). Original wound steel grip wire with alternating bands of twisted copper is intact (a tiny old iron staple secures the loose bottom end on reverse). Both ferrules and even both langets are nicely chiseled en-suite with the rest of hilt. The guard-de-pulvo is also decorated in the form of sun rays. The cross guard and knuckle guard are nicely twisted with button terminals. The edge of the cup is chiseled with rope-work as is the bottom of cup! Its 38“ blade is of the back-sword type (Rigid with spine and sharpened on one side only). A great rarity that allows a sturdy thrust and a slashing cut. It is engraved with a cross and geometric designs on both sides that look very Aztec (some wear). Perhaps the designs were engraved in the Americas after the conquest of the Aztec peoples. Possibly owned by a conquistadore in the New World. We can find no other explanation for this. Whatever the case, this sword is a great rarity as far as Spanish cup hilts go. An old collection inventory number is inside the cup. Details of collection will go to purchaser. Price is firm. Thanks for looking! Be sure to check out our other listings for more great swords! Our direct email address is: [email protected]

Nation : German
Local Price : $5500.00 CAD

GERMAN SWEPT HILT RAPIER. GERMAN SWEPT HILT RAPIER: circa 1590-1610. Passau wolf in the right fuller. 39 ¾” blade, 1 1/8” wide. Very old museum quality wire wrapping on the grip. Very nice dark grey patina overall. Nice original untouched condition. V.G. $5500.00

Nation : ?
Local Price : 3,900.00 USD

EUROPEAN SMALLSWORD C.1750. Perhaps Flemish, this sword bears the name of the seller, Bressard, of rue du Madeline, Brussels, at the forte. Above, an angle with flag and impaled coronet indicating the nobility of its owner. The iron hilt is beautifully enriched with high relief figures of military arms, musical instruments flags, foliage and the globe, on a rich gold ground. The elements have symbolic meaning, some, such as the globe, obvious, and others more specific to its time and circumstances. Originally, many swords were finely crafted and richly decorated like this, however, examples retaining their original beauty and detail are quite scarce. 31 7/8" length blade.

Nation : British
Local Price : £3000

Rare British Infantry Basket Hilted Sword with ANDRIA FARARA marked blade circa 1735 to 1765. A fine British “three-quarter” basket hilted sword made for British infantry soldiers of the line in the mid 18th century. The sword is mounted with a fine quality tapering, double edged, Solingen-made, broad sword blade. The hilt is formed in the traditional manner for the half of the guard that protects the outside of the hand of a right handed user. In this respect a vertical oblong shaped guard plate is fitted between the flattened knuckle bow and the side guard bar. Then a similar flattened bar with merlons at the base is fitted between the side guard bar and the rear guard bar. On the other side, the usual side guard bar takes the same form as the knucklebow, and the space between these two flattened bars is occupied by a single, stretched, “S” shaped bar. There is no further protection for the hand on this side of the hilt. Clearly this design of hilt, unique in our experience, assumes that the inside hand of the user can be more economically protected with fewer bars than on the outside which is a deviation from the more usual basket hilt forms of the time. The downward curled wrist guard which extends from the cross guard at the rear and the forward loop guards which appear on more usual basket hilt designs are present. The pommel is of bun shaped type typical of British military swords of the mid 18th century. It has a multi-faceted button of separate manufacture from which fluted ridges radiate towards the mid line of the pommel. This elaborate feature is hand crafted and a quality embellishment in advance of the usual plain surfaces usually encountered with this pommel type. The original grip is made of hardwood covered with leather. It is spirally grooved bound with twisted brass wire flanked with narrower wire either side. Iron ferrules are applied top and bottom of the grip. The hilt retains its original red woollen fringe and stitched leather liner covered with red velvet on the outside and the remains of its stitched blue silken hem. The double edged blade tapers to its tip and has a short ricasso. A double fuller extends for 9 inches from the hilt after which an elaborate cruciform shape is incised into the blade on each side. Each fuller is stamped with “ANDRIA FARARA” each side with the words separated and flanked by pairs of “X” marks. The blade is almost certainly of German manufacture from one the the main European blade making centres such as Solingen. The slimmed down hilt design was a new innovation for the time deemed appropriate for infantry use. This measure is not a cost saving consideration in the manufacturing process, because the sword is a high quality although plain weapon, made up of sturdy, thick, well worked bars to the hilt, and mounted with a fine blade. The remarkable painting in the Royal Collection attributed to David Morier (1705? to 1770) entitled “An Incident in the Rebellion of 1745”, painted circa 1753, shows British line infantry repulsing a charge by Highlanders. The depiction of the weapons is deemed important by historians, because Morier is thought to have used actual combatants that took part in the battle as models with the weapons used. Of significance here are the swords carried by the British line infantry soldiers. These are basket hilted swords with typical bun pommels mounted with guards of three quarter size, similar to our sword, although the arrangement of the bars is slightly different. This may be due to artistic convenience / negligence on the part of Morier, or more likely, is indicative of slight variations in the way colonels often commissioned weapons manufacture for their individual regiments. See: https://www.rct.uk/collection/401243/an-incident-in-the-rebellion-of-1745 Measurements: The blade is 31.75 inches (80.5 cm) long and overall the sword is 38.25 inches long (97 cm). The ricasso is .75 of an inch long (2 cm). The fullers are 9 inches long (23 cm).

Nation : British
Local Price : £2,995.00

Presentation Heavy Cavalry Sword with Rare Celtic Hilt. SN 8870. A Rare Celtic Hilt Presentation Heavy Cavalry Sword. 40 1/2&157; overall, 35&157; wide straight blade with a spear point and wide fuller. Etched to one side with ´Prize Sword Won in the Dacorum Troop of Yeomanry 1833´ and at the forte &156;Prosser maker to the king and Royal Family Charing Cross&157; and on the obverse ´Prosser maker to the King and Royal Family London´ and&194;&160; ´WR IV´ under a Crown with crossed lances. Celtic hilt formed of S & C scrolls, stepped pommel and wire bound fish skin grip. In its black painted iron scabbard with two suspension rings. Dated 1833. A possibly unique sword conforms in size and style to the 1796 Heavy Cavalry Troopers sword with variation of Prosser´s Celtic hilt of 1815-20. Sword in very good condition, some small staining to the blade, scabbard has most of its original black paint. John Prosser Sword Cutler & Beltmaker to George III, 1795; George IV, 1827. Registered silversmith´s mark 1796. Sword Cutler & Gunmaker, 9 Charing Cross, 1796-1853; 37 Charing Cross 1854-60. Dacorum Troop of the South Hertfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry formed 16 February 1831.&194;&160; See The British Cavalry Sword 1788-1912 Chapter 11 by R Deller for more on the Celtic hilt and Prosser.&194;&160;&194;&160; Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : British
Local Price : £2995

Click and use the code >24766 to search for this item on the dealer website Beautiful & Massive Ancient Bronze Age Long Sword Circa 1200 to 800 BC. As Used From Before and Including the Greco-Persian Wars, Such as the Battles of Marathon & Thermopylae. As Used in Hand To Hand Combat Between Xerxes´ Immortals, and The Hoplit

Nation : British
Local Price : £2,995.00

Small Sword English Cut Steel Hilt made at Woodstock, very fine & rare. SN 8976. A Very Fine & Rare English Cut Steel Hilt Small Sword made at Woodstock.&194;&160;39&157; overall, 33&157; slender tapering blade of hollow triangular section, etched with scrolls over the forte. Burnished steel hilt comprising pierced petal shaped shell guard centring round a star, a pair of slender pas d’ âne, knurled quillon, waisted quillon block, slender knuckle guard with a pierced central moulding & tall ovoid pommel chiselled with a flowerhead front & back. The entire hilt enriched with a profusion of faceted beads in imitation of brilliants and retaining its original grip of plaited copper wire and ribband, the latter decorated en suite with the hilt and retaining much of its original bright polish throughout. In its white vellum covered wooden scabbard with burnished steel mounts comprising locket, chape and middle band, the former two each fitted with a suspension ring. Circa 1770. A very rare and fine sword in very good condition, the beads with 4 very small losses, the tip of the blade very slightly bent. Two similar examples are exhibited in the Metropolitan New York and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. The sword’s hilt was made in Woodstock near Oxford, Woodstock steel was renowned for its quality. The studs decorating the surface of the hilt are fitted individually and threaded onto the main body. Similar works from Birmingham, including the renowned factory of Matthew Boulton, made rivetted studs that were not removable and of poorer quality. A contemporary diarist, Sylas Neville, wrote, "Steel goods and gloves are the two staples of Woodstock. Their watch-chains and sword hilts are more highly polished and better standard than those of Birmingham. They polish all with hand. Their studs screw, and everything they make can be taken to pieces and cleaned whereas the Birmingham studs are rivetted." The small Woodstock workshops famed for cut steel jewellery, buckles and Cut-steel small swords were particularly sought after. Sold locally, but also in London its international reputation was spread by fashionable tourists visiting Blenheim Palace. In 1742 Horace Walpole sent Woodstock steel wares to the British Consul in Florence requesting that they be given as diplomatic gifts. In 1759 buckles were ordered for the King of Prussia and in 1768 the King of Denmark, The design of the present sword perhaps inspired those of Matthew Boulton and James Watt. The former went on to develop mechanised production techniques, including steam powered polishing wheels, that would see the decline of the Woodstock Manufactory. The production of steel goods near Woodstock can be traced back to 1643 with the establishment of a sword mill at nearby Wolvercott. The following century the area became well known for the high quality of its work, Count Frederick Kielmansegge wrote in his diary of 1761-2 that ’.....the best steel goods in London come from Woodstock and there is hardly a steelworker who does not employ several workmen’. Victoria & Albert Museum item number: M.29-1957&194;&160; Metropolitan NY association number:&194;&160;26.145.307 The Oxfordshire Museum. For an account of Woodstock hilts see The Rapier and Small Sword 1480-1820 by Norman 1980, pp 409 - 410. Dean, Bashford.&194;&160;Catalogue of European Court Swords and Hunting Swords: Including the Ellis, De Dino, Riggs, and Reubell Collections. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1929. no. 109, pl. LXXX.The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Helmut Nickel, Stuart W. Pyhrr, Leonid Tarassuk, and American Federation of Arts.&194;&160;The Art of Chivalry: European Arms and Armor from the Metropolitan Museum of Art: An Exhibition. New York: The Federation, 1982. p, 113, no. 66, ill.Holcomb, Melanie, ed.&194;&160;Jewelry: The Body Transformed. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018. pp. 140"e;43, pl. 112. Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)