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ELEMENTS OF A JAPANESE ARMOUR of lacquered plates on padded fabric, comprising of two arm defences, a skirt for leg defences and a pair of shin guards, extensively worn (5) £200-300 | Nil |
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| 152 | A THREE BARRELLED pole GUN, 19TH CENTURY, CHINESE OR AFRICAN with three barrels arranged in the round, each fitted with a nipple for a percussion cap, retained by four sweated-on bands, and with a tapering socket for attaching to a pole at the base 42cm; 16I in £100-150 | Nil |
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| 153 | A PAIR OF CAUCASIAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS WITH VIENNESE LOCKS, 19TH CENTURY with multi-stage tapering barrels fitted with silver fore-sights and a long silver flat (one tang broken, losses), engraved rounded locks signed 'Georg Keiser' (one steel chipped), hardwood full stocks profusely inlaid with white metal wire scrolls and pellets, and spherical butts decorated en suite (worn throughout, losses) 45cm; 17N in (2) £600-800 | Nil |
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| 154 | A BALKAN MIQUELET-LOCK PISTOL, 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY with tapering barrel retained by a single white metal repousee band at the muzzle, chiselled steel lock, carved hardwood full stock with butt of so-called rat's tail form (cracked through), applied with a panel of niello and repousee white metal over the spine, steel trigger-guard with acanthus finial and spurred pommel (losses), and retaining a portion of its ramrod 46.5cm; 18D in £300-400 | Nil |
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| 155 | A BALKAN SILVER-MOUNTED MIQUELET-LOCK PISTOL, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY with tapering barrel inscribed 'London' over the breech and retained by a large repousee silver muzzle band, engraved russet iron lock overlaid with a plain silver panel, figured hardwood full stock, the butt encased in large silver repousee panels matching the muzzle band, and silver mounts en suite including spurred 'rat's tail' pommel, trigger-guard and ramrod-pipe, and iron ramrod (worn throughout) 42.3cm; 16D in £300-400 | Nil |
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| 156 | A FINE LURISTAN BRONZE short sword, 10TH-9TH CENTURY BC in excavated condition, with strongly tapering flat blade formed with a series of converging ribs along the centre on each side, integral brass hilt formed with a pair of arms enclosing the lower portion of the blade, cylindrical grip, strongly formed two-stage disc pommel, and retaining a fine green patina overall 53.5cm; 21in blade A sword of similar form is preserved in the British Museum, inv. no. 135054. £800-1000 | Nil |
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| 157 | A LURISTAN BRONZE DAGGER, 10TH-9TH CENTURY B.C in excavated condition, with tapering double-edged blade, shaped hilt with elliptical pommel, and hollowed on each face for a pair of grip-scales 38.5cm; 15B in £250-350 | Nil |
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| 158 | A BRONZE SPEARHEAD, A SMALL BRONZE DAGGER AND A BRONZE ARROWHEAD, CIRCA 1100-700 B.C. each in excavated condition, the first with triangular blade formed with a pronounced medial ridge; the second tapering over its length and retaining three rivets for attaching the grip (incomplete); and the third formed with a medial ridge, short socket, and long tang of square section the first: 19cm; 7I in (3) £60-80 | Nil |
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| 159 | A BRONZE SWORD, circa 1100-700 B.C. in excavated condition, with long blade formed with a rounded medial ridge and tapering towards the point, separate grip formed of a pair of arms enclosing the lower portion of the blade, swelling ovoid grip, and flattened disc pommel (cleaned overall, rivets missing) 58.5cm; 23in blade Painted with an inscription at the forte reading, 'Hungary XX.SHA.2.HF'. £800-1000 | Nil |
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| 160 | A RARE DAGGER, 14TH CENTURY, PROBABLY SWISS in excavated condition, with tapering blade double-edged over its upper three quarters, stamped with a mark, the letter 'O' twice conjoined, on one side, rectangular single-edged ricasso (expertly repaired), the tang retaining a shoulder on one side, with flattened pointed globular terminal and pierced with nine holes for retaining a grip 40.5cm; 16in An almost identical dagger is preserved in the Landesmuseum Zurich. See H.Schneider, 1980 p. 206 n. 376 . £600-800 | Nil |
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| 161 | A COMPOSITE DAGGER, CIRCA 1540, DUTCH OR GERMAN in excavated condition, with single-edged blade, iron hilt with slightly up-turned quillons (a forward branch missing), side-ring interrupted by a moulding, brass crown-shaped pommel fitted with an acorn finial, and original wooden grip; and another, circa 1540, with brass hilt including short brass quillons and small down-turned shellthe first: 37cm; 14in (2) Discovered during the dredging of a Dutch polder. £100-150 | Nil |
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| 162 | AN EXTREMELY RARE SOUTH GERMAN MILITARY BROADSWORD 'KATZBALGER', SECOND QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY in excavated condition, with broad double-edged blade of flattened-diamond section strongly tapering at the point and cut with a near full length slender fuller on each face, rectangular ricasso, steel hilt comprising a pair of horizontally recurved quillons, each formed of a writhen bar issuant from a serpent's head and with near spherical terminal almost touching the root, moulded quillon block, tapering pommel of fishtail form with pronounced medial ridge fluted en suite with the quillons, and retaining its original burrwood grip78cm; 30N in blade Very few swords of this distinctive form remain extant. Notable examples include that of Ulrich von Schellenberg Imperial FeldOberst (circa 1487-1558), preserved in the Kunthistorisches Museum, Vienna (inv. nr. A287) and another, with hilt encased in chased silver and possibly that of Duke Heinrich the Pius of Saxony (1473-1541), preserved in the Historisches Museum, Dresden (Inv. 1567 S.110). Another example is preserved in the Schweizerischen Landesmuseum, Zurich (LM19516). See B. Thomas & O. Gamber 1976, p.187 no. 97; J. Sch"bel & J. Karpinski 1973, p.84 and p.97, no. 43b; H. Schneider & K. Stuber 1980, p.73, no. 100. £7000-9000 | Nil |
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| 163 | A FINE AND RARE BROADSWORD, LAST QUARTER OF THE 15TH CENTURY, PROBABLY VENETIAN with straight double-edged blade of pronounced flattened section, stamped with a series of small marks within a broad central fuller between a pair of slender fullers over the lower third on each side, steel hilt comprising rear quillon with flattened globular terminal formed with an additional bar curling along the plane of the blade, forward quillon extending at a right angle to form the knuckle-guard and drawn-out at the base to form an additional loop-guard, the knuckle-guard of flattened section and cut with pairs of decorative notched lines, square pommel drawn-out on each side to a raised central moulding, and wooden grip, perhaps the original (the steel parts with areas of patination and light pitting, the grip with worm damage) 92.8cm; 36I in blade The hilt is a variant form of Norman type 6. A large number of similar swords are preserved in the Armoury of the Doges Palace, Venice, one such example is struck with the same series of marks on the blade (inv. no. A300). Other examples are preserved in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. A number of the swords in the Doges Palace are impressed 'CX' on the grip for the Consiglio Dieci. The Council of Ten was established in 1310 following a revolt and was intended as a temporary Government body. However, it became permanent in 1334 with powers that increased substantially and, a century later, it was overseeing the Republic's diplomatic and intelligence services as well as managing its military affairs. See A.V.B. Norman 1980, pp.69-70, plate 9, and U. Franzoi 1990, p.86, no.151, figs 43, 217 £4000-6000 | Nil |
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| 164 | A GERMAN MILITARY BROADSWORD, CIRCA 1560-80 with double-edged blade of flattened-hexagonal section formed with a short fuller on each side (tip bent), stamped with a latten-lined running wolf mark on one side (small losses), rectangular ricasso struck with a series of marks, steel hilt comprising a pair of straight swelling quillons with bud-shaped terminals, outer ring-guard swelling in the centre, off-set lower ring-guard joining the upper, plain inner-guard incorporating a thumb-loop, faceted conical pommel cut with notches around the centre, later leather-covered wooden grip, the pommel and ring-guards each chiselled with a pattern of foliage, and one quillon incised with and arsenal number on the inner face 112.2cm; 44B in blade A number of swords of related form are preserved in Schloss Ambras. See A.V.B. Norman 1980, p.114. £6000-8000 | Nil |
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| 165 | A GERMAN MILITARY BROADSWORD, LAST QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURYwith double-edged blade of flattened-hexagonal section, stamped 'Maria' and 'IHS' within a short fuller on the respective faces, rectangular ricasso stamped with the bladesmith's mark between two crosses, steel hilt of faceted swelling bars, comprising horizontally recurved quillons with faceted spherical terminals, outer ring-guard, the lower ring-guard formed with an additional pair of strongly up turned bars trifurcated inner-guard, faceted spherical pommel en suite with the quillon terminals, and later spirally moulded grip of plaited wire 104cm; 41in blade A German two-hand sword with the same bladesmith's mark is preserved in the Royal Armouries, Leeds. See C.J. Ffoulkes 1915, pp. 261-262. The letters IHS, also known as the sacred monogram, have been in use since the 9th Century. During the time of San Bernadino of Sienna (1380-1444) they gained their use as letters of veneration and, in the following century, they were adopted as the device of the Society of Jesus. £4000-5000 | Nil |
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| 166 | A GERMAN MILITARY sword, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY with straight blade double-edged towards the tip, cut with a pair of long slender fullers of differing length along the back-edge and stamped with a series of marks, three pairs of sickles and the letters 'ONO' arranged vertically with a pair of stars between on each side, the blade tip very slightly shortened, blackened steel hilt of ribbon-like bars, comprising a pair of straight quillons with bud-shaped terminals, outer ring-guard swelling towards the centre, knuckle-guard, an additional forward arm joining the knuckle-guard to the ring and joined to the centre of the knuckle-guard by a further s-shaped bar, a pair of arms joined to the ring-guard by a pair of diagonal bars, inner-guard formed of a saltire arrangement of slender rounded bars, faceted plummet-shaped pommel, original leather and rayskin-covered two-stage moulded grip, and retaining some early blackened finish 82.5cm; 32I in blade This sword belongs to a distinctive group associated with Schloss Ambras, Tyrol. A number of swords in this group have blades by the Bavarian court swordsmith Ulrich Diefstetter. The so-called sickle mark on the present sword is encountered on blades of both Italian and German type: a number are stamped 'Ferara' and 'Genoa' and further examples are preserved in the Landeszeughaus, Graz. £3000-4000 | Nil |
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| 167 | A RARE EAST EUROPEAN HUSSAR's SABRE, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY POLISH with slightly curved blade double-edged for its last third, formed with a strongly tapering point, cut with a broad shallow fuller on each side and stamped with a mark at the forte, steel hilt comprising straight tapering cross-piece, a pair of slender langets, acutely curved shaped pommel cap (knuckle-chain missing), and retaining its original leather-covered wooden grip, in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard with oval mounts pierced with crescents and circles exposing a red velvet backing, the lowest band applied with brass, and with a pair of suspension loops, one retaining its ring 82cm; 32D in blade A number of swords of this type are preserved in the Landeszeughaus, Graz, inv. nos. BL 166,167,168. See P. Krenn 1997, pp.34-35. £1000-1200 | Nil |
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| 168 | A FINE GERMAN TWO-HAND PROCESSIONAL SWORD, LATE 16TH CENTURYwith long broad blade of flattened-hexagonal section widening towards a short spear point, cut with a running wolf mark retaining traces of latten on one face, and the ricasso formed with a pair of up-turned flat lugs and retaining much of its original leather and wood covering, steel hilt retaining much of its original blue-black finish, comprising a pair of drooping quillons of diamond section with tightly curled terminals, cut with small decorative panels, applied with pairs of slender iron coils towards the terminals, symmetrical inner and outer ring-guards each filled with a fleur-de-lys projection, boldly fluted plummet-shaped pommel with punched and incised linear panels, and retaining its original leather-covered wooden grip (the leatherwork with small expert restorations) 126.5cm; 49N in blade Exhibited: The Royal Hospital Chelsea, 2nd September 2006 (private exhibition). A very similar sword with a closely related mark on the blade is preserved in the Landeszeughaus, Graz, inv. no. BL40. £6000-8000 | Nil |
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| 169 | A COMPOSITE GERMAN TWO-HAND SWORD, EARLY 17TH CENTURY AND LATER with double-edged wavy blade of flattened-diamond section, the ricasso formed with a pair of crescentic up-turned lugs and covered with leather over its lower portion, iron hilt of flattened bars decorated with pairs of incised lines, comprising slightly down-turned quillons formed with a pair of tightly curled scrolls at the terminals and a pair of curled lugs at the base, inner and outer ring-guards, compressed plummet-shaped pommel chiselled with an expanded flowerhead on the top, and leather-covered wooden grip 121cm; 47K in blade £1500-1800 | Nil |
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| 170 | A RARE SWEPT-HILT RAPIER, LATE 16TH CENTURY, probably FRENCH OR NORTH ITALIAN with slender blade of flattened-diamond section, rectangular ricasso struck with the bladesmith's mark, a Maltese cross, on each side, iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising down-turned slightly forward-canted quillon with swollen tip, engraved quillon block chiselled with circular mouldings at the joins with the the arms and drawn-out at the base to a scrolling finial on each side, knuckle-guard with recurved tip chiselled as a gaping hairy monster, upper and lower ring-guards each swelling slightly in the centre, the upper joined to the knuckle-guard by an additional bar and at the base to a pair of arms, trifurcated inner-guard, barrel shaped pommel decorated at the base en suite with the quillon block, and original grip of plaited wire and 'Turks' heads' 112.8cm; 40G in blade The hilt conforms to Norman type 57. £4500-5500 | Nil |
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| 171 | AN ITALIAN SWEPT-HILT RAPIER, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY with blade of flattened-diamond section, recessed rectangular ricasso struck with the bladesmith's mark, in a shield the letters MS(?) arranged vertically beneath a crown, and 'Caino' on the respective faces, steel hilt of slender rounded bars, comprising straight quillons, knuckle-guard, upper and lower ring-guards, the former joined to the knuckle-guard by an additional bar, a pair of arms joining the ring-guards at the base, trifurcated inner-guard, tapering cylindrical pommel, and early grip of plaited wire and 'Turks' heads' 113cm; 44I in blade The inscription Caino probably refers to the place of manufacture, some nine miles from Brescia, rather than a family of bladesmiths of that name. An Italian swept-hilt rapier stamped with the bladesmith's mark of the so-called Master S of Caino was sold Sotheby's Olympia, 7th December 2001, lot 38. See A.V.B. Norman 1986, p.123 and L.G. Boccia & E.T. Coelho 1975, p.385. £3000-4000 | Nil |
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| 172 | A NORTH EUROPEAN PAPPENHEIMER RAPIER, CIRCA 1630 with straight blade of flattened-hexagonal section, stamped 'INETERNON' and 'CONFONDAR' between a series of decorative marks within a short fuller on the respective faces, rectangular ricasso struck with a crowned F mark three times and a further mark on each side (rubbed), symmetrical steel hilt of faceted bars, comprising straight quillons swelling towards the tips, fluted ecusson, knuckle-guard, upper ring-guard joined to the knuckle-guard by an additional bar, lower ring-guard joined to the upper by a pair of short C-shaped bars, fitted with a sprung-in plate pierced with a series of stars, circles and squares and enriched with punched dots, faceted ovoid pommel, and later grip bound with plaited wire and 'Turks' heads' 111.8cm; 44in blade £4000-5000 | Nil |
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| 173 | A NORTH EUROPEAN SWORD RAPIER, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY ENGLISH with broad tapering blade of flattened-hexagonal section, stamped 'HS HHHS' between a series of decorative marks within a pair of short fullers on each face, steel hilt formed of a series of near square-section bars, including a pair of vertically recurved quillons swelling at the tips, knuckle-guard , outer guard formed of a bifuracted frontal bar joining the knuckle-guard to the quillons, fitted at the base with a figure-of-eight shaped plate joined to the outer ring-guard by a pair of curved short arms and to the inner-guard by a short flat bar, slender inner-guard, thumb-hook, faceted globular pommel, and wooden grip with an early binding of plaited wire with 'Turks' heads' (light pitting, cleaned throughout) 91cm; 35N in blade £2500-3500 | Nil |
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| 174 | AN ENGLISH RAPIER, CIRCA 1630 with double-edged blade cut with a pair of slender fullers over half of its length on each side, tapering ricasso, steel hilt formed of a symmetrical arrangement of flattened bars, comprising vertically recurved quillons, upper and lower ring-guards, the latter joined to a scalloped plate by a pair of short curved arms, and the former joined to the knuckle-guard by a diagonal bar, faceted ovoid pommel, and later grip bound with plaited silver wire and 'Turks' heads' (the hilt refinished) 11.8cm; 44in blade The hilt of this sword is a variant of Norman type 86. A sword of similar formed is preserved in the Royal Armouries, Leeds. See A.V.B. Norman 1980, pp.160-161 and A.R. Dufty 1974, p.20, pl.28b. £3000-4000 | Nil |
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| 175 | AN ENGLISH DISH-HILT RAPIER, CIRCA 1630-40 with straight slender blade (the tip slightly shortened), stamped 'Me Fecit' and 'Solingen' within a deep fuller on the respective faces and pierced with a series of circles and rectangular panels, steel hilt comprising a pair of straight quillons with tightly scrolling terminals (restored), cup-guard formed as an eight petalled flower, drawn-up at the rear to form the knuckle-guard, pierced and chiselled throughout with scrolling tendrils with monsterhead terminals, foliage and grotesque masks, globular pommel decorated with foliage and na ve masks, and later grip bound with plaited wire and 'Turks' heads' 89cm; 35in blade A sword with a hilt of similar form is illustrated in L. Southwick 1982, no.104, p.50. £2000-2500 | Nil |
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| 176 | A GERMAN EXECUTIONER's SWORD, EARLY 18TH CENTURY with broad double-edged blade of characteristic form, etched with a bird feeding upon a bouquet of fruit, the inscription 'Justisia', a Cherub holding the scales of justice within a laurel wreath, and the further inscription 'Profide Et Patri' and a rampant lion on one side and further designs including the inscription 'Nemcer Hut Mo' on the other, steel hilt including a pair of faceted tapering quillons, faceted plummet-shaped pommel, and wooden grip bound with brass wire and a collar top and bottom, in its leather scabbard with large plain brass mounts 83.8cm; 33in blade £2000-2500 | Nil |
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| 177 | A DUTCH CAVALRY SWORD OF THE TYPE ASSOCIATED WITH THE AMSTERDAM TOWN GUARD, SECOND HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY with double-edged blade stamped 'SAHAGAM' within a short fuller and cut with a running wolf mark on each side, stamped with the bladesmith's mark and Amsterdam Town mark at the forte, steel hilt of characteristic form, including inner and outer ring-guard each fitted with a sprung-in plate pierced with a series of stars and circles, scrolling quillon stamped with a clover leaf mark on the reverse, knuckle-guard, thumb-loop, and compressed plummet-shaped pommel, and the grip bound with twisted wire and 'Turks' heads' 89cm; 35in blade For a discussion of this group see H.L.Visser 1996, pp.144-157. £800-1000 | Nil |
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| 178 | A NORTH EUROPEAN BACKSWORD, MID-17TH CENTURY with straight blade double-edged towards the point, struck with a mark at the forte, steel hilt of flattened bars including down-curved quillon, moulded knuckle-guard, outer ring-guard fitted with a heart-shaped pierced sprung-in plate and joined to the pommel by an additional arm en suite with the knuckle-guard, inner-guard fitted with a further pierced plate, thumb-loop, flattened heart-shaped pommel, and later wire-bound grip 86.4cm; 34in blade £500-600 | Nil |
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| 179 | A VENETIAN SCHIAVONA, SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY with tapering blade cut with three slender near full-length fullers, rectangular ricasso retaining an early leather covering, steel hilt with basket-guard of flattened bars, cut with a brief cyrillic inscription at the front, incorporating thumb-loop, forward-curled moulded quillon, brass shield-shaped pommel cast with a grotesque in relief on each side, and wooden grip bound with plaited brass wire 97.5cm; 38D in blade £600-800 | Nil |
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| 180 | A SCOTTISH BASKET-HILTED BROADSWORD, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY with broad flat tapering blade stamped 'Me Fecit Solingen' and with a series of decorative marks including the letter S within three short fullers on each side (rubbed), decorated with the later inscription 'Right and Prosperity To Scotland' on one side and 'No Union 17--' on the respective faces, steel basket-hilt of rounded bars carrying rectangular and alternating broad and slender panels each with cusped edged and pierced with a series of hearts and circles, scrolling quillon (repaired), fluted bun-shaped pommel, and later grip (pitted throughout) 83cm; 32I in blade £800-1000 | Nil |
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