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Nation : British
Local Price : 2995.00 USD

Late 16th Century Norwegian Tessak (sinclair) Basket Hilt Saber (sword)!. Here is a very nice circa 1580 – 1600 Norwegian Tessak saber, also called a Sinclair saber. A wonderful designed early sword in as found condition. Nice patina with very fine speckled pitting overall and good use wear.. Wonderful forged iron full basket hilt hilt with optic properties! No breaks or repairs! The beautifully carved wood grip is excellent. (note: these grips were always covered with a thin leather or fish skin covering. Not the twisted wire and Turks head ferrules you will see on the re-wraps). Its wide, single fuller blade is 31.5” long and retains traces of a crescent moon and written script engravings. NOTE: This is a full, symmetrical basket, not a half basket or 3/4 basket. It is a very scarce and desirable example! A very nice specimen for the advanced collector at a very reasonable price! Price is firm. Thanks for looking! Make sure to see our other listings for more great early blades and early antiques!

Nation : British
Local Price : $2995.00

Silver Inlaid Pillow Sword, ca. 1660, Probably English. This type of sword often called a “pillow sword” due to its small size and the thought that it could be hidden under one’s pillow to protect against an intruder. The smaller flattened hilt would certainly make it easier to hide under a pillow, though there is no known evidence to support this type of sword being used in this way. Alternatively, the sword would be right at home with a gentleman at court. This example features a chiseled iron hilt, with short down-curved rounded quillons. 4-sided ovoid pommel with button, and grip wrapped with alternating plain and twisted silver wire, finished with Turks heads top and bottom. Hilt is blackened with solid silver inlaid decoration depicting foliage and fruits, surrounded by tiny silver pellets. Double-edged 30 1/8” (76.5 cm) blade of lens section with central fuller and long ricasso showing faint traces of engraved decoration. Hilt retains nearly all of its original blackening and silver inlay, wire wrap slightly loose at the top, and remains of wax in recesses. Blade with very light pitting and age staining. Overall length 36” (91.5 cm). High quality sword in very good condition for its age.

Nation : French
Local Price : £2,150.00

French AN XI Heavy Cavalry Cuirassiers Troopers Sword. French Napoleonic AN XI Heavy Cavalry Cuirassiers Troopers Sword. 44&157; overall, 37 Â½&157; straight multi fullered blade with spear point. Blade with inspector&#acute;s mark, back edge engraved M-Fture Imp du Klingenthal juin 1811 Four bar brass hilt with brass pommel, original leather with 16 turns of brass wire, numbered 255. In its original heavy steel scabbard numbered 255, with large lyre shaped drag stamped G 998, with riveted throat piece, with two suspension rings. The Blade with poincon for F.L Lobstein. Reviseur June 1804 to July 1821 at Klingenthal and J.G.Bick controleur February 1809- July 1819

Nation : British
Local Price : £2150

Fine and Intriguing French Style Silver Hilted Small Sword by William Reason of London with London hallmarks for 1767 / 1768. A very nice aristocratic French style silver hilted small sword dating to the years preceding the French Revolution. It is a nicely balanced example mounted with a double shell guard hilt and a fine and robust hollow ground triangular section Colichemarde blade. The sword is intriguing because most usually silver hilted swords of French type are stamped with French marks, often for Paris, but this example is fully London hallmarked for 1767 / 1768 on the pas d’ane rings with the assay mark of the leopard’s head, lion passant royal standard mark, date stamp and maker’s stamp for the London maker William Reason. The pommel collar is also stamped with a second lion. The sword may have been made in London in the French style by William Reason for a London based French nobleman or other Frenchman of high social standing. The sword is a fine example of the high standards of design and execution required of the 18th century cosmopolitan silversmith as well as an example of one of the most effective duelling weapons of the late 17th and 18th centuries. The shell guard, ricasso, knuckle bow and pommel are skillfully chiselled with an intricate lattice of conjoined flowerheads which attest to the homogeneity of the hilt parts. The shells have a thickened defensive reeded rim with a design of knotted cloth chiselled on each side at the ricasso. The grip consists of a wooden rounded rectangular section baluster-shaped core spirally wrapped with bands of flat silver riband separated by contra twisted ropes of silver wire flanked by narrower lengths. The stiff markedly “Colichemarde” hollow ground triangular section blade tapers acutely to its point. Condition: the sword is in fine condition overall. The hilt and grip show little wear and no noticeable damage. The hilt retains its original pleasing shape. There are no repairs the chiselling is crisp. There is slight blackened age staining to a few small parts of the blade, which is straight and undamaged. The sword is well balanced in hand. The blade is just over 32.25 inches (82 cm) long and overall the sword is 38.75 inches (98.5 cm) long.

Nation : British
Local Price : £2150

Fine English Silver Hilted Small Sword by John Bennett Hallmarked for 1762 / 1763 mounted with a Boat Shell Hilt and Colichemarde Blade. A fine silver hilted smallsword by John Bennett date-stamped for 1762 / 1763. The bold hilt is of boat shell type which was one of the most robust hilt designs adopted by the London silver hilted small sword makers working in the 18th century. The sword is mounted with a broad robust colichemarde blade. John Bennett was one of the most renowned 18th century London silversmith / cutlers but surviving swords made by him are generally encountered less frequently than those of his competitors. The dish guard, pommel and ricasso are shaped en suite with well executed gadrooned lines and borders. The baluster shaped wooden grip is diagonally bound with silver strip interspaced with a double length of roped silver wire. The broad colichemarde blade is of stiff triangular section and retains is clearly engraved panels of strapwork near the hilt. The four hallmarks are stamped onto the knucklebow near the hilt. These consist of the maker's mark “I . B” with a pellet between in raised relief inside a depressed rectangular panel, the lion passant mark, the crowned leopard's head assay mark and the date stamp. The hilt is as much an example of the high standards of design and execution required of the 18th century London silversmith and cutler as it is of an effective weapon. Silver hilted small swords were fashionable attire for 18th century gentlemen. Mostly worn for effect, someone wearing such a sword was also announcing to the world that he could use it. Despite the stylish and delicate appearance of these swords they were formidable dueling weapons. . There are some minor light blackened patches of old pitting near the middle of the blade but otherwise the sword is in fine condition overall. There are no losses or repairs to the hilt which has maintained its original pleasing outline. The blade is 30.5 inches (80 cm) long and overall the sword is 37.25 inches (94.5 cm) long. John Bennett was one of the most influential and foremost makers of silver hilted swords working in London in the middle of the 18th century and made swords for the London social and military elites. He and his son (John Bennett II) were also gunsmiths, jewellers and goldsmiths. They were based at Threadneedle Street in the City of London. Both were prominent members of the Cutlers’ Company and served in all the major posts including Master. John Bennett (I) lived from 1708/9 to 1774. In 1723 he started his apprenticeship with John Carmen, another important London silver hilted sword maker. He was sworn free of the Cutlers’ Company in 1731 and entered his first mark of “I B” inside a rectangle in the Smallworkers’ Book at Goldsmiths’ Hall in 1732. John Bennett’s second known mark was entered in 1761, same as the first, with a pellet between the letters, which is the mark on this sword. The mark of John Bennett (II) may have been similar. However, the date stamp of 1762/1763 on this sword predates his freedom to practice in his own right from when he was sworn free of the Cutlers’ Company in 1765. As a result the mark on this sword is most certainly by John Bennett (I). For other silver hilted small swords by John Bennett see Leslie Southwick, “London Silver-hilted Swords”, Royal Armouries, 2001, and for further information on his working life of see page 45.

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £2150

Click and use the code >25259 to search for this item on the dealer website Superb, Wonderful, & Highly Amusing, Antique Edwardian, Carved Automata Bulldog´s Head Gadget Cane. That Is Not Only A ´Glove Holder´ Handled Walking Stick, But A Superbly Secretly Concealed Sword-Stick

Nation : Spanish
Local Price : £2150

Click and use the code >22330 to search for this item on the dealer website Simply Fabulous Original Antique Napoleonic Wars Sword Of The King of Spain´s Elite, Heavy Cavalry Regiment. Used In The Spanish Peninsular Campaign, During Napoleon´s Peninsular War in 1808 Until 1814. In Superb Condition.

Nation : British
Local Price : £2100

Click and use the code >25335 to search for this item on the dealer website Incredibly Rare Crimean War Romanov Senior Officer´s Sword Knot, Such As Worn By A Romanov Grand Duke of Russia, Or General. The Bullion Gold And Crimson Silk Knot Bears The Romanov Crest on One Side and a Cyrillic Royal Monogram on The Other