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Nation : British
Local Price : 2,450.00 USD

ENGLISH SILVER HILTED SMALLSWORD C.1757-8. Attributed to Joseph Bell, London with IB mark along with London hallmarks and date mark on the knuckle bow. Nicely dished near symmetrical shell guards and spherical pommel. The entire hilt nicely decorated in scrolling foliage in various arrangements. Silver wire wrapped grip. 32 1/4" heavy fighting blade shows uniform frosty light to slightly heavier pitting. Hilt well preserved, the quillon with crack or repair. Knuckle bow bent but undamaged.

Nation : Spanish
Local Price : 2,450.00 USD

SPANISH TRANSITIONAL RAPIER, EARLY 18TH CENTURY. 33 3/8” flattened diamond section blade with line bordered narrow fuller to the forte. Gilt brass hilt with heart-shaped guard and straight cross guard with curved counter guards. The tang within the guard is encased in a gilt sleeve in the Spanish taste. Swelled knuckle bow and ridged inverted pear-shaped pommel. The hilt with about 90% original fire gilt finish. The guard retains nearly all the gold with original amalgam brush marks visible. Intricate copper wire wrapped grip the upper half inch raveled with small loss and secured with glue. Otherwise, it is untouched with great age character. In The Rapier and Smallsword, by A V B Norman, the author dates this hilt form as C.1720 and after. This example dates from the earliest, with the symmetrical and near flat guard, as opposed to the rounded asymmetrical section found in later examples.

Nation : Italian
Local Price : £1875

Click and use the code >20468 to search for this item on the dealer website Very Fine, Original, Ancient, Punic War Period Early Roman Republic Era Short Sword, A Gladius Hispaniensis Double Leaf Shaped Blade Circa 2,400 Years Old

Nation : British
Local Price : £1875

Late 17th century English Silver Mounted Hanger with the Maker’s Mark “WL”. An English silver mounted hanger with the maker’s mark “WL”. This is a fine example in unusually good condition. The small mark consists of the letters in raised relief inside a shield with a pellet above and below. So far the mark cannot be attributed to any presently recorded silver hilted sword maker. The nearest candidate is William Lukin recorded as working in London from 1692 to 1755. If this is the maker then the mark, and the hanger, most likely date to before 1697 which is the date of the advent of the Higher, or “Britannia”, Standard for silver, when smiths were required to record a new punch mark bearing the first two initials of their surnames. When the requirements for punch marks changed again in the 18th century makers reverted to recording their initials but in bolder type accompanied by date and hallmark stamps. On this hilt the quillon terminals are stamped as are the base ferrule to the grip and the pommel. This comprehensive marking was also a historic practice by the turn of the century. In the 17th and 18th centuries when swords were a popular weapon for gentlemen, hangers were a robust secondary side arm used for self defense when hunting and travelling. They were also used in parts of the British Army and Navy. Hangers appear in some military portraits of the time. Towards the end of their popular use, they were slimmed down and refined for wear as a gentleman’s fashion accessory. The high quality and expensive hanger described here was most likely a gentleman’s weapon. The cross guard of this sword is comprised of a bold faceted block with horizontal quillons swollen at the vertically counter curved terminals. The grip is of stag antler with a plain ribbed ferrule at its base and scalloped edge. The pommel cap has a ribbed neck beneath with scalloped edge formed in the same manner as the basal ferrule. The plain dome formed on top has a pronounced tang button in the centre. The slightly curved robust single edged blade is just over 16 inches long (40.5 cm). It becomes double edged from just over two thirds of the way along to the tip. The blade is deeply struck on both sides at the forte with a moustachioed King’s head mark on each side. The full length of the hanger is just over 21.5 inches (54.5 cm) long. The hanger is in fine condition. For further information on English silver hilted swords and hangers see Leslie Southwick, “London Silver – Hilted Swords, Their makers, suppliers & allied traders, with directory”, 2001, Royal Armouries. For a very similar example with the maker’s mark of Richard Fuller, circa 1690, see the same publication page 277, plate 18.

Nation : British
Local Price : €2300

Old mandau with laminated blade - The unusual blade is paired with a unique, probably also very early, hilt..

Nation : British
Local Price : £1,850.00

Scottish 1798 Basket Hilt Sword. Scottish 1798 Basket Hilt Highland regiment Sword, regulation basket with liner, fringe and fish skin grip. The broad sword blade double edged with small central fuller complete with black leather scabbard with polished metal mounts. Overall length 98cm the blade 82.5cm

Nation : British
Local Price : £1,850.00

Scottish 71st Highland Light Infantry officers Sword. Scottish 71st Highland Light Infantry officers Sword by Wilkinson sword number 5659 dating it to 1855. This sword is one of 28 made for 71st Highland Light Infantry numbers 5645 to 5680 “ 5 had defective blades, in 1854 the 71st had 28 officers. The sword is regulation P1821 Light Cavalry, 3 bar hilt with fish skin grip and chequered pommel. The blade with a small amount of engraving towards the hilt and makers details Henry Wilkinson the spine and throat of the scabbard both number 5659. The sword is complete with steel scabbard, dress knot and a copy of a photograph of Viscount Kirkwall Capt 71st Highlanders Crimean War wearing this pattern of sword.

Nation : British
Local Price : £1,850.00

Highland Light Infantry Basket Hilted Broadsword. Highland Light Infantry Basket Hilted Broadsword by Henry Wilkinson number 26003 with the family crest and initials T C R – Major T C Ross. Regulation basket hilt complete with liner and fringe The broad sword blade in super condition good deep engraving with V R Crown, regimental badge and family crest, maker marked Henry Wilkinson Pall Mall London . It is complete with steel scabbard. Sold with some research. For Reference please see Swords of the British Army Revised Edition page 182 Blade Length: 83cm, overall Length: 101cm