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  • Nation : American
  • Local Price : $1195.00
US Civil War M1850 Foot Officer’s Sword. Patterned after a French model, as were most Western swords of the 19th C, the US Model 1850 Foot Officer’s Sword was the regulation sword of field grade officers (lieutenants and captains) from 1850 through 1872. The M1850 Staff and Field Officer’s Sword, designated for the rank of major and above, differed only in having a “US” cutout in the guard. The regulations concerning model and rank were not observed, however, as we have had foot officer swords presented to colonels and generals and staff and field swords presented to lieutenants. This example of standard pattern, with gilt cast brass guard with cutout foliate decoration, reverse scroll quillon and Phrygian helmet style pommel; wood grip with shagreen covering and twisted brass wire wrap (complete, but worn). Slightly curved 31 3/4” single-edged blade with one broad fuller and a shorter narrow fuller at the spine. Blade not visibly maker-marked, but is engraved with typical foliate decoration, stands of arms, and patriotic motifs (worn); the spine marked “IRON PROOF”. Black leather scabbard with three gilt brass mounts and twin carry rings (leather dry, shrunken, and flaking, with part of the seam open, but it is complete and undamaged). This sword shows age and wear typical of a sword frequently carried in the field; the brass with gilding remaining in protected areas, the rest with a deep brown patina. Overall length 37 3/8”, not including scabbard. If it could talk, this sword would probably have tales of the battles it has seen.
  • Nation : British
  • Local Price : £1195
Click and use the code >18951 to search for this item on the dealer website Very Fine, Early to Mid 18th Century, Regimental 27th Foot Inniskillings, 1st Land Pattern Brown Bess Musket Bayonet. One of the Most Desirable and Collectable Bayonets, Used By One Of The Most Famous of Regiments
  • Nation : British
  • Local Price : £1180
English Silver Hilted Small Sword by Joseph Clare (II) Hallmarked for 1769 / 1770. An English silver hilted small sword by Joseph Clare (II) of London with hallmarks for 1769 / 1770.  The hilt is mounted with an oval shaped dish guard which is exquisitely pierced and engraved with  bold star shaped florets surrounded by  scrolls  and sprays which form the main design theme.  This design pattern is common to the pommel,  ricasso and knucklebow, which attests to the originality and homogeneity of the parts. The sword is well-balanced and mounted with a hollow ground triangular section blade which retains its original decorative engraving on its three sides near the hilt. The baluster shaped grip is covered with spirally wrapped silver crimped strip, the strip separated by triple length twisted wire. Silver cap terminals are present top and bottom of the grip engraved with scallops. The cross guard is mounted with forward and rear drooping tear drop shaped quillons and shallow pas d’ane rings. Joseph Clare was a talented silversmith and silver-hilted sword maker. From 1732 he was apprenticed to Jeremiah Marlow of the Goldsmiths’ Company. After being made free he practiced at a few addresses within the City of London and died in 1771. Clare registered at least four marks with Goldsmiths’ Hall, most being simple representations of his initials in panels which was most usual for silversmiths at the time. The mark on this sword is distinctive in its complexity in that it contains the four letters of his name “C L A R E” inside a panel (see Grimwade Number 358), the first two letters above and the following three below. This mark was registered on 1st  October 1767 and replaced an earlier simpler mark, but was in turn replaced by his last registered mark 16th September 1768. This distinctive mark, therefore, was used for less than a year and is a rare survivor. For examples of Clare’s work see “London Silver-Hilted Swords”, their makers, suppliers and allied traders, with directory, by Leslie Southwick, 2001, Royal Armouries, plates 5, 53 and 61 (the latter two are in the Royal Armouries collection references: ix.798 and ix.1861) respectively, and for Clare’s biography page 72 The hilt is an example of the high standards of design and execution required of the 18th century London silversmith as well as an example of one of the most effective weapons of the 17th and 18th centuries. The hilt retains its original pleasing contours and the blade is in fine clean condition. The engraved designs on the dish guard are clear and exhibit delicate working life repairs in two small areas on each side of the hilt either side of the blade. It appears that an opponent’s blade may have punctured the delicate guard in these places which has led to the repair. The grip maintains its pleasing profile but the wire wrapping is distressed. The blade is discoloured with age related blemishes but is in fair condition. For a further reference see Arthur G Grimwade, 1990, “London Goldsmiths 1697 – 1837 Their Marks and Lives” for a precis of the known records for Clare,  and a summary of his marks. The blade is just over 32 inches (81.5 cm) long and the overall the sword is 38.5 inches (97.75 cm) long.
  • Nation : Japanese
  • Local Price : £1,175.00
**ANCIENT BLADE**C1681-1684 Japanese Tanto With U-No-Kubi Zukuri (Cormorant’s Neck Shape) Blade Smith Signed ‘KIN (Or) KANE CHIKA’, Protective Wood Shira Saya Resting Mounts, Scabbard & Expert Assessment. Sn 20448. -. This is an ancient Japanese tanto blade which has been assessed by UK Japanese sword expert Bill Tagg. A copy of his hand written assessment notes accompany this Tanto. Extracts from the assessment and notes include “Tanto in Shira saya resting mounts. Blade is U-No-Kubi Zukuri (Looks Like Cormorant’s Neck Shape From Back).Put in Shira saya after polisjhing. In good old polish showing good forging with small itame grain & a broad band of Nioi crystals following shape of a gunome midare hamon temperline. Signed with 2 kanji name can be read 2 ways Kin Chika / Kane Chika. I read it kane Chika. There is one Smith in my books using this signature working in Yamato full name is Kikuichi Monju Omi Kami Kane Chika Circa 1681-1684. This could be him, needs more research to pinpoint him. A dramatic looking Tanto”. In his illustrations of the blade he adds “cutting edge is 26cms, total length is just under 36.5 sms and identifies the habaki as “good quality 2 piece copper”. He also describes other blade and tang characteristics and dimensions which can be seen in the images. The price for this ancient blade with original expert assessment includes UK delivery. Sn 20448.
  • Nation : British
  • Local Price : £1175
English Civil War / Restoration Period Officers’ Walloon Sword. English Walloon Swords were mainly produced from the second to the fourth quarters of the 17th century. The pierced guard plates which are typical of the hilt design were influenced by earlier developments in Europe, which were combined with the features of existing English sword styles, to create this  form of English hilt. English Walloons were in use throughout the English Civil War period, the Restoration period, and in the battles fought during the Glorious Revolution of 1688 when James II was deposed. Most usually these are cavalry swords mounted with single edged blades. This example has a double edged blade. The hilt is made up of slender rounded bars built upon a sturdy quillon block. The cross bar is extended into a rear quillon which terminates in a swollen  wristguard. To the front, the quillon is extended into a knuckle bow, the flat grooved terminal of which is tucked into an aperture located at the front lower part of the pommel. Robust oval ring guards are mounted on each side of the cross bar, each with decorative bisected pairs of square shapes in the outer middle. Each ring is filled with a slightly downwardly convex plate, intricately engraved and pierced with concentric oval designs. The plates are integral in the manufacture of the ring guards rather than of separate manufacture sprung into place in grooves chiselled around the insides of the rings. The sprung plates are a later European development rarely present on English swords of this time. The knucklebow has two subsidiary bars emanating from near the base which join with the edges of the ring guards to strengthen the hilt structure. The hilt floor has a raised platform on the inside which supports the grip. The slightly flattened oval pommel has a fluted top with an integral raised button and a flared neck beneath. The slightly baluster shaped wooden grip is bound with  twisted brass wire and has woven Turks Heads top and bottom. The plain blade is of slender diamond section. The overall length of the sword is 38.5 inches ( 98 cm) and the blade is 32.75  inches (98 cm) long. Overall the sword is in firm lightly pitted condition. For further information on English Walloon swords, and to see similar examples, see Stuart C Mowbray, “British Military Swords – Volume One: 1600 to 1660”, Mowbray Publishing, 2013, pages 246 to 254. See also for further discussion, Cyril Mazansky, British Basket Hilted Swords, Boydell Press 2005, Chapter 11, pages 281 to 284. The swords are described as “Hilts based on pierced side rings”.
  • Nation : ?
  • Local Price : 1,525.00 USD
EUROPEAN STEEL HILT SMALLSWORD C.1750. 26 3/8” hollow face triangular blade, showing light wear and gray with scattered light pitting blending to good glossy patina. Iron hilt with slightly asymmetrical shell guards. The guards, quillon block and pommel pierced in foliate motifs. Good wire wrapped grip. The hilt with same age wear throughout. Probably the sword of a military officer. Its dating suggests French & Indian War service and its survival is probably owed to continued service which could include the Revolution and French Wars through the War of 1812.
  • Nation : British
  • Local Price : £1,150.00
Liverpool Scottish Cross Hilt Sword Edward 7th. Liverpool Scottish Cross Hilt Sword Edward 7th period WW1 Regulation cross hilt with fish skin grip and removable pommel to allow full basket hilt to be fitted when required. The broad sword  etched with Scottish thistles and Liverpool Scottish to one side the reverse with E R VII and crown. Complete with field service scabbard, frog and service knot
  • Nation : Japanese
  • Local Price : £1,150.00
WW2 Japanese Army Officer’s Seki Arsenal Shin Gunto Sword With Smith Signature ‘NOSHU JU FUKO MOTO KANE MUNE SAKU’, Scabbard & Expert Assessment. Sn 21505 -. This sword has been assessed by a UK based Japanese sword expert Bill Tagg. His assessment accompanies this piece. In exerts from the assessment he states “An army Officer’s Shin Gunto. This sword was made in Fuku Moto’s Ama Hide’s gunto factory in Seki then inspected in Seki arsenal. It has lots of scratches & old rust staining obscuring the forging details, with Seki arsenal stamp. This is not Gendaito but a low to medium grade showa-to oil hardened with usually a nioi edged hamon temperline (not really visible). Needs a polish to reveal work. Signed by Ama Hide’s son ‘NOSHU (province)JU (living in) FUKO MOTO (family name) KANE MUNE (art name) SAKU (made this)’. He and Ido Hide Toshi signed most of the blades produced in the factory. They used a lot of re-worked scrap steel to make blades. Hilt (suka) is gunto pattern showing heavy use with lots of dirt engrained in brown ito wrap. Missing its sarute loop. It still has its locking catch. Tsuba hand guard is gunto pattern but best quality pierced through heavy casting well finished by hand work with its 8 numbered matching seppa (hard to get now), full matching numbered Tsuba and seppa (number translated to 976). Saya is wood with leather combat cover some old repair. A sleeper”. In illustrations of the blade which are included in the assessment he translates the tang signature. He states overall length 84.5 cms, Cutting edge 65.5 cms. He also describes other blade dimensions and characteristics. The price for this sword with expert assessment includes UK delivery. Sn 21505
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