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A DECORATED SPANISH CUP-HILT RAPIER, 19TH CENTURY with slender blade cut with a short fuller, steel hilt including a pair of writhen quillons with button terminals, knuckle-guard formed en suite, cup-guard with roped brim, the outer surface chiselled with crowned grotesque masks issuant with foliage terminating in further grotesques, and a wreath around the base of the blade, compressed bun-shaped pommel, and the grip bound with plaited wire and 'Turks' heads'; and A CUP-HILT RAPIER IN 17TH/18TH CENTURY STYLE, MODERN the first 99cm; 39in (2) £800-1000 | Nil |
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1300 |
| 182 | A SPANISH CUP-HILT RAPIER, EARLY 18TH CENTURY with straight blade of flattened-hexagonal section, stamped 'In Solingen' within a short fuller on each face, steel hilt including a pair of straight quillons with trumpet-shaped terminals, knuckle-guard formed en suite, plain cup-guard, pierced guardapolvo, compressed bun-shaped pommel, and the grip with later wire binding with 'Turks' heads'92cm; 36I in blade £600-800 | Nil |
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600 |
| 183 | A RARE HUNTING SWORD WITH TORTOISESHELL VENEERED HILT, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY GERMAN with associated French blade, steel hilt cast and chiselled with geometric ornament, including down-turned shell, moulded quillon with ovoid terminal, knuckle-guard interrupted by a faceted oval moulding, and swelling faceted grip entirely covered with tortoiseshell 77.5cm; 30I in blade A series of hunting swords with tortoiseshell veneered grips are preserved in the Stibbert Musuem, Florence. £600-800 | Nil |
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900 |
| 184 | AN ENGLISH SILVER-MOUNTED HUNTING SWORD, LATE 17TH CENTURY with slightly curved fullered blade double-edged towards the point and stamped with a series of marks on one side (rubbed), silver hilt comprising slightly down-turned quillon with globular terminal, knuckle-guard interrupted by a central moulding, moulded ferrule and cap pommel each engraved with leaf ornament, and original grip of natural staghorn 44.5cm; 17I in blade £600-800 | Nil |
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| 185 | A GERMAN WAIDBLATT FROM A HUNTING TROUSSE, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with heavy wedge-shaped blade formed with a clipped-back point and with a slender fuller along the back-edge on one side, integral tang chiselled with simple linear ornament along the back-edge, moulded quillon and ferrule, fitted with side-ring formed with a pointed strongly down-turned projection, and a pair of natural staghorn grip-scales over brass fillets, retained by three iron rivets with large domed iron caps; and A SMALL KNIFE FROM A HUNTING TROUSSE, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY, tapering blade double-edged at the tip, and staghorn grip en suite with the waidblatt the first: 47cm; 18I in (2) £300-400 | Nil |
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500 |
| 186 | A GERMAN HUNTING SWORD, LATE 18TH CENTURY with broad slightly curved blade double-edged towards the point, cut with a long shallow fuller and etched with scrolling foliage on each side at the forte, gilt-brass hilt including cross-piece engraved with flowers on a beaded background and bone grip retained by three pairs of rivets with oval gilt-brass heads, in its original wooden scabbard with engraved gilt-brass mounts en suite with the hilt (the scabbard extensively worn); ANOTHER HUNTING SWORD, 19TH CENTURY, with straight double-edged blade etched and gilt with trophies on a blued panel at the forte (worn), steel hilt including down-turned shell-guard, and natural staghorn grip, in its steel-mounted leather scabbard, the locket stamped 'Kohl'; and ANOTHER HUNTING SWORD, 18TH CENTURY, with slightly curved blade double-edged at the point, and hardwood grip inlaid with a spiralling line of staghorn and a series of moon masks (hilt incomplete), and retaining a portion of its leather scabbard the first: 60cm; 23K in blade (3) £600-800 | Nil |
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| 187 | AN AUSTRIAN HUNTING SWORD, MID-18TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade formed with a clipped-back point, etched with a hussar in contemporary dress beneath the inscription 'Vivat Pandur' on each side at the forte, gilt-brass hilt comprising stout cross-piece engraved with flowers and festoons, and cap-pommel engraved with expanded flower heads, green-stained spirally carved horn grip retained by a pair of rivets each covered with an oval gilt-brass washer, and in its original leather scabbard with brass locket and chape 48.8cm; 19D in blade £800-1000 | Nil |
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800 |
| 188 | A GERMAN HUNTING SWORD, LATE 18TH CENTURY with slightly curved broad single-edged blade, short steel cross-piece pierced with a trellis pattern centring on a rococo bouquet, engraved steel collar, and figured hardwood shaped grip retained by three pairs of rivets with oval washers, and the grip incised with patterns of wavy lines in imitation of horn; and ANOTHER, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY, with slightly curved broad blade double-edged towards the point (repaired), steel hilt including short down-curved quillon, curved knuckle-guard, and shaped hardwood grip retained by three pairs of rivets with oval heads the first: 54cm; 21D in blade (2) A hunting sword of similar form to the first is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, see H.L. Blackmore 1971, ill. 34 £600-800 | Nil |
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| 189 | A GERMAN HUNTING SWORD, MID-19TH CENTURY with straight blade double-edged towards the point, etched and gilt with foliage, trophies-of-music and a stag on a blued panel at the forte (worn), German silver hilt including a pair of slightly recurved quillons with cloven hoof terminals, and cap pommel cast with a Wolf mask, and natural staghorn grip, in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard with German silver mounts (accompanying knife missing) 57cm; 22M in blade £400-500 | Nil |
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500 |
| 190 | A SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1750 with colichemarde blade etched with foliage and a sun-in-splendour on each side at the forte (shortened), steel hilt including double shell-guard pierced with pierced trellis pattern within wavy borders, quillon block decorated en suite, pierced globular pommel, knuckle-guard and ovoid pommel matching the shell, and retaining an early grip of plaited wire with 'Turks' heads' 68cm; 26N in blade £350-450 | Nil |
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550 |
| 191 | A GERMAN SMALL-SWORD, MID-18TH CENTURY with hollow-triangular blade decorated with gilt foliage, trophies and the bladesmith's initials 'I.G.B.' on a blued panel over the lower portion, steel hilt comprising double shell-guard pierced with differing trophies-of-arms within a scrolling frame, globular quillon, knuckle-guard, and ovoid pommel pierced with foliage, and retaining an early grip of plaited wire and 'Turks' heads' 84.5cm; 33D in blade £300-400 | Nil |
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550 |
| 192 | A NORTH EUROPEAN SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1740 with two-stage blade inlaid with a running pattern of brass flowers and foliage, steel hilt including short quillon with faceted globular terminal, small double shell-guard, knuckle-guard interrupted by a faceted spherical moulding, faceted globular pommel, decorated throughout with etched foliage and later grip; and A COMPOSITE SMALL SWORD, 18TH CENTURY, with earlier blade stamped 'Hans Moun Solindio' within a short fuller on each side, steel hilt including shallow-bowl-shaped guard, and the quillon, knuckle-guard, pommel and grip each decorate with a faceted pattern 79cm; 31in blade (2) £700-900 | Nil |
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600 |
| 193 | A TRANSITIONAL SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1680 with associated blade of flattened-rounded section stamped 'Inini' on each side at the forte and cut with a very short fuller, steel hilt of moulded bars including down-curved quillon with fluted barrel-shaped terminal, inner and outer shell-guards each fitted with a sprung-in plate pierced with a panel of holes within a foliate frame, moulded knuckle-guard joined by a pair of scrolling bars at the base, and fluted pommel en suite with the quillon (later grip) 74.2cm; 29D in blade £800-1000 | Nil |
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700 |
| 194 | A TRANSITIONAL small-sword, CIRCA 1680 with blade of flattened-hexagonal section retaining traces of a bladesmith's stamp within a pair of short fullers on each side, fluted steel hilt including double shell-guard, a pair of flattened quillons swelling towards the terminals, a pair of arms, and ovoid pommel, and later grip bound with plaited wire and Turks' heads' 84.5cm; 33D in blade £700-900 | Nil |
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700 |
| 195 | A FINE FRENCH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, PARIS CHARGE MARK FOR 1768-1774 with hollow-triangular blade, silver hilt cast, cast, pierced and chased with rococo ornament in low relief, comprising double-shell-guard decorated on the outer face with differing trophies-of-arms and on the inner face with differing trophies-of music, each within oval garland frames and against an elaborate trellis background enclosed by a festooned border, a pair of arms each decorated with laurel, one struck with silver marks including the maker's mark, quillon-block decorated with further trophies on each side, quillon and knuckle-guard en suite with the shell, pierced ovoid pommel decorated with a trophy-of-arms on the front and a garland on the rear, and original grip bound with plaited wire and riband (loose) 83.8cm; 33in blade £1000-1200 | Nil |
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1300 |
| 196 | A SMALL-SWORD WITH CUT STEEL HILT BY JEFFERYS & JONES, COCKSPUR STREET, LONDON, CIRCA 1780 with hollow-triangular blade etched and gilt with scrolling foliage on a blued panel at the forte, steel hilt formed of numerous faceted steel beads of differing size, including oval shell-guard, a slightly canted quillon, knuckle-guard, urn-shaped pommel and swelling grip (incomplete, losses), in its parchment-covered wooden scabbard with steel mounts including signed locket (chape missing); A SMALL-SWORD BY DRURY, CUTLER TO HIS MAJESTY, CIRCA 1790, with hollow-triangular blade etched with scrollwork over the lower portion, steel hilt including oval shell-guard, knuckle-guard and solid grip each inlaid with twisted patterns of copper wire (pommel missing, knuckle-guard broken, hilt loose, worn), in its parchment-covered wooden scabbard with signed steel locket; A SMALL-SWORD, LATE 18TH CENTURY, with etched blade, and steel hilt including shell-guard studded with an alternating design of flowers in faceted beadwork inside; and TWO FURTHER SMALL-SWORDS, LATE 18TH CENTURY (worn) the first: 81.5cm; 32B in blade (5) Jefferys & Jones are part of a prominent firm of Royal goldsmiths, jewellers and sword retailers operating at 20 Cockspur Street from 1765 to 1828. Jefferys and Jones are recorded on a bill dated 21st November 1775 for 'a very rich studded steel sword, a rich Moroco Belt, and a packing case'. See L. Southwick 2001, p.150. £700-1000 | Nil |
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600 |
| 197 | A SMALL-SWORD WITH CUT-STEEL HILT, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with hollow-triangular blade etched blued and gilt with garlands, trophies and a strung horn on a blued panel at the forte, steel hilt including pierced oval guard set with faceted beads on the inner face, the outer face retaining traces of blued finish, urn-shaped pommel applied with further faceted beads, swelling grip en suite, and retaining its original knuckle-chain, in its original fishskin-covered wooden scabbard with steel mounts en suite with the hilt; and another, similar, early 19th Century, with slender blade etched and gilt with foliage, steel hilt applied with faceted studs and chiselled with scalloped ornament (shell-guard missing), in its scabbard with steel mounts en suite with the hilt the first: 80.5cm; 31N in blade (2) £350-450 | Nil |
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400 |
| 198 | FINE EAST EUROPEAN SILVER-MOUNTED SABRE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with curved fullered blade double-edged towards the point, etched with a sun-in-splendour, a moon mask and scrollwork over the forte on each side, silver hilt cast and chased with rococo scrolls in low relief, including a pair of quillons with scalloped and bud-shaped terminals respectively, langets decorated with a scalloped pattern and set with a turquoise paste at the front, pierced back-strap formed of a series of scrolls enclosing scallop shells and flowers, set with three turqoise pastes in raised mouldings, beaked pommel decorated en suite, and original velvet-covered grip, in its velvet-covered wooden scabbard with large silver mounts comprising chape, middle-band and locket each cast and chased with scrolls enclosing scallop shells and flowers en suite with the hilt, the inner face retaining traces of early gilding and the outer with turquoise pastes in raised settings, and with a pair of rings for suspension (the velvet with areas of wear), and stamped throughout with the makers mark, the letters CW conjoined, and silver mark 12 each in a shaped cartouche 71.5cm; 28B in blade £4000-5000 | Nil |
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4500 |
| 199 | A SWORD IN SAXON EARLY 17TH CENTURY STYLE with double-edged blade cut with a running wolf mark between a pair of slender lines, tapering ricasso stamped with a mark on each side, steel hilt of faceted bars including moulded ring-guard fitted with a pierced sprung-in plate, flattened faceted ovoid pommel, and the grip bound with silver wire embossed with a criss-cross pattern and 'Turks' heads' 97cm; 38D in blade £1200-1800 | Nil |
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1800 |
| 200 | A RAPIER IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with blade of flattened-diamond section, steel hilt of flattened rounded bars including vertically recurved quillons and a pair of frontal bars each with scallop shell terminals, flattened ovoid pommel decorated with scalloped ornament, and the grip bound with plaited wire; and A BRASS-HILTED RAPIER IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 20TH CENTURY the first: 85cm; 33I in blade (2) £500-600 | Nil |
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500 |
| 201 | A SWEPT-HILT RAPIER IN EARLY 17TH CENTURY STYLE with blade of flattened-diamond section stamped 'Respice' twice within a short fuller on each side, steel hilt of rounded bars including quillon with swelling down-turned terminal, and fluted ovoid pommel, and wire-bound grip with 'Turks' heads' 98.5cm; 38N in blade £400-500 | Nil |
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| 202 | A SWEPT-HILT RAPIER IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE with fullered blade, steel hilt of rounded bars including a pair of straight quillons with trumpet-shaped terminals, triple ring-guard, fluted ovoid pommel, and wire-bound grip with Turks' heads' 90cm; 35I in blade £600-800 | Nil |
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| 203 | A DECORATED SWEPT-HILT RAPIER IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with two-stage blade pierced with an arrangement of slots and circles within its lower portion, steel hilt of flattened bars including vertically recurved quillons, knuckle-guard, upper and lower ring-guards, the pommel chiselled with a differing profile mask on each side, and spirally moulded wire-bound grip 103cm; 40I in blade £800-1000 | Nil |
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600 |
| 204 | A COMPOSITE SWEPT-HILT RAPIER, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER with doubled-edged fullered blade, steel hilt of slender rounded bars including a pair of vertically recurved quillons swelling towards the tips, outer ring-guard fitted with an additional bar above joined to the knuckle-guard and beneath to the arm, lower ring-guard, trifurcated inner-guard, fluted barrel-shaped pommel, and wire-bound grip 84.5cm; 33D in blade £700-900 | Nil |
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| 205 | A RAPIER IN GERMAN EARLY 19TH CENTURY STYLE of the type associated with the Munich Town Guard, with tapering blade cut with a short fuller on each face, rectangular ricasso, steel hilt of flattened bars, and wire-bound grip 96.5cm; 38in blade £600-800 | Nil |
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| 206 | A PAPPENHEIMER RAPIER IN THE STYLE OF 1630 with 18th Century broad tapering blade engraved with sun and moon masks, steel hilt of characteristic form, including a pair of vertically recurved quillons and knuckle-guard each formed with knop-shaped terminals, large mushroom-shaped pommel, and wire-bound grip 95cm; 35I in blade £700-900 | Nil |
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| 207 | TWO DECORATIVE SPEARS, 19TH CENTURY with leaf-shaped blades decorated on one side with a symmetrical arrangement of foliage enclosing a stylised fleur-de-lys, moulded necks, faceted sockets, each on its wooden haft with steel shoe 21.5cm; 8I in heads (2) £300-400 | Nil |
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300 |
| 208 | TWO BOAR SPEARS, 18TH CENTURY each with leaf-shaped blade formed with a medial ridge, tubular socket, a pair of short straps, on its wooden haft with steel shoe 57cm; 22G in heads (2) £300-400 | Nil |
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800 |
| 209 | TWO EUROPEAN MILITARY SPEARS, 16TH CENTURY each of robust hollow-diamond section, formed with a conical socket at the base, and a pair of long straps, on a later wooden haft (two straps shortened) 69cm; 27B in and 62cm; 24I in (2) £600-800 | Nil |
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900 |
| 210 | TWO INFANTRY SPEARS, 16TH CENTURY the first with broad leaf-shaped blade of flattened-diamond section, reinforced tip, conical socket, and a pair of long straps, on a later wooden haft, the second of similar form, in excavated condition, on a later wooden haft 53.5cm; 21in; and 44.5cm; 7I in heads (2) £400-500 | Nil |
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800 |
