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Nation : British
Local Price : £1975

Click and use the code >22086 to search for this item on the dealer website Wonderful Circa 3000 Year Old Original Sword From the Time of the Ancient Greek ´Heroic Age´ Such as The Era of The Seige of Troy and The Trojan War

Nation : British
Local Price : £1975

Click and use the code >24189 to search for this item on the dealer website Superb, Original, 1796 Heavy Cavalry Officer´s Sword, Napoleonic Wars and Waterloo Period, with a Broadsword Blade, Steel Combat Scabbard with Close Combat Blade Impact

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Local Price : 28,000 kr

Flintlock pistol marked "Moritz a Zella" ca: 1680.

Nation : British
Local Price : £1,950.00

Scottish Brass Hilted Broad Sword c 1820. Scottish Brass hilted Broad Sword c 1820 good brass basket with hearts and dots decoration to panels with highly decorative pommel with raised button tang. Fish skin grip secured by brass wire plus original liner. The blade double edged with two central fullers running the full length of the blade, rare to fined brass hilt basket sword in the condition with no damage Information: Blade Length: 69cm Overall Length: 89cm Width of blade: 3.2cm

Nation : ?
Local Price : £1950.00

Small Over and Under Pistol by W. Mills. With octagonal sighted barrels, signed in full along the top of the barrel, ‘W. MILLS IMPROV NO. 120 HOLBORN LONDON' and decorated with a geometric band at the muzzle, (small area of pitting at top corner of barrel) stamped beneath with London proofs and ‘748', profusely engraved box-lock action and cocks, fitted with sliding safety catches, chequered swelling butt, with engraved white metal butt cap with concealed ramrod with worm. Dimensions: Bore: 120 Bore Barrel Length: 2.5 Inches (6.35 cm) Overall Length: 6.5 Inches (16.50 cm)

Nation : British
Local Price : £1950

English Silver Hilted Hunting Hanger by John Carman (I) Hallmarked for 1740 / 1741. An English Silver Hilted Hunting Hanger with London Hallmarks for the year 1740 / 1741, made by the silver smith and cutler, John Carman (I) of The City of London. This plain but elegant hanger was a gentleman's weapon. The most distinctive feature of the hilt is the large convex scallop-shaped shell guard with its moulded edge which emanates from the cross guard at the front and extends parallel to the blade towards its point. The knuckle bow is clearly marked midway along one side with incuse stamps for the date, the royal lion passant, the crowned leopard’s head assay mark and the makers mark of “J C”. The leopard’s head and lion stamps are repeated underneath the hilt. This maker’s mark is most certainly that of the London cutler and silver hilted sword maker John Carman (I). The top of the knuckle bow is secured into the pommel cap with a terminal hook of usual form. The pommel cap has an integral ribbed button on top and is grooved at the side in similar style to the base ferrule of the grip. The attractive grip is formed from four plates of natural horn. The curved, single edged blade broadens slightly at the tip and is 25 inches (63.5 cm) long. It has a short ricasso and a single fuller which extends from the hilt underneath the spine of the blade and terminates almost at the tip. The blade on each side is marked with the talismanic date 1555. The numbers are separated in the middle by an orb mark with a cross attached either side. The word “S A H A G V M” appears inside the fuller on each side. This mark appears with variants on a number of blades in the 17th and 18th centuries mounted on Dutch and English swords and were probably made in Solingen. During the 17th and 18th centuries, when swords were a popular weapon for gentlemen, hunting swords and hangers were a robust, shorter, secondary side arm used for self defence when walking about town and travelling in general. Although referred to as “hunting” weapons, they probably had minimal use in hunting. Self defence in crowded areas, and in the tight confines of dangerous alleyways in cities, required a weapon which was shorter than a full length sword for close-in use in these confined spaces. The blade of this weapon is a fighting blade which would probably have been impractical to use in a hunting environment and further outlines the misnomer of the term “hunting” when generally applied to these swords. The date of this hanger shows that John Carman (I) made it shortly before his death in 1741. Unfortunately the signature mark is no longer available to us in the records at Goldsmiths’ Hall. The Smallworkers’ Book of 1739 – 1757 which might have recorded this mark, plus many others struck between these dates, is now lost. John Carman (I) had a son who was also a silver hilted sword maker and cutler. He is recorded from 1721 when he was born until 1664 when he died. He was indentured to his father, and sworn free by servitude of the Cutlers’ Company in 1743. It is likely that he registered a mark then, or shortly after, possibly prompted by the death of his father and the resulting need for stability in the business. Given these circumstances John Carman (II) could not have had his own name mark registered at Goldsmiths’ Hall and be making swords in his own right before 1743. Hence the mark is of Carman (I) given the absence of any other recorded makers with names that may have marked in this manner at this date. The above reference work borrows from Leslie Southwick, “London Silver – Hilted Swords, Their makers, suppliers & allied traders, with directory”, 2001, Royal Armouries. The sword overall is in good condition. The total length is 30.25 inches (79.5 cm).

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Local Price : £1,950.00

Grenadiers Officers 1796 Sword. Grenadiers Officers 1796 Sword in good condition the hilt gilt brass with star engraving to pommel and grenade device to the back strap, complete with bone chequered grip. The blade polished and in good condition, complete with black leather scabbard with matching mounts, two loose rings and frog stud. Overall length 93.5cm the blade 80.5cm – Reference: XQSFAHND

Nation : British
Local Price : £1950

Silver Hilted Small Sword by William Kinman of London Hallmarked for 1762 / 1763 mounted with a Boat Shell Guard and Colichemarde Blade. A fine smallsword by the renowned 18th century London silversmith and cutler William Kinman, 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 sword makers. The sword is mounted with a broad colichemarde blade. William Kinman's work represents the highest standards of English silver craftsmanship of the time as is to be seen in the hilt of this sword. The dish guard, pommel and ricasso are engraved 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 hallmarks are of small type stamped into the Pas D'Ane rings. These consist of the maker's mark “W K” in raised relief inside a depressed irregular panel, with a pellet between the letters, together with the lion passant mark on one ring, and the crowned leopard's head assay mark and date stamp on the other. 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. The plain, triangular section, stiff, hollow ground, colichemarde blade has a grey uncleaned patina all over. The sword is in fine condition overall with some light salt and pepper pitting to the blade. There are no losses or repairs to the hilt which has maintained its original pleasing outline. The blade is 32.75 inches (83 cm) long and overall the sword is 39 inches (99 cm) long. William Kinman was one of the most influential and foremost makers of silver hilted swords working in London in the third quarter of the 18th century and made swords for the London social and military elites. He was a leading member of the Founders' Company of London and served in all the major offices of the guild including Master. He was born in 1728 and was sworn free of the Founders' Company in 1750, when presumably he started to make silver hilted swords under his own name and was admitted to livery in 1757. He entered his first mark at Goldsmiths' Hall in 1759 (Grimwade 1990 reference 3210) which is Kinman's mark on this sword. William Kinman was at his most prominent in the early part of his career, when this sword was made, later becoming bankrupt due to the failure of a founding business he was involved in. For other silver hilted small swords by William Kinman see Leslie Southwick, “London Silver-hilted Swords”, Royal Armouries, 2001, and for further information on his working life of see pages 159 – 160.