241 |
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; 38 3/4in blade £200-300 | Nil |
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320 |
| 242 | 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; 35 1/2in blade £300-400 | Nil |
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500 |
| 243 | A RAPIER IN GERMAN EARLY 17TH CENTURY STYLE based on 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 £300-400 | Nil |
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400 |
| 244 | 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; 37 3/8in blade £350-400 | Nil |
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350 |
| 245 | A CUP-HILT AND RAPIER BLADE, 17TH/18TH CENTURY with blade of flattened-diamond section, rectangular ricasso, and slender tang, the hilt formed of a ribbed petal-shaped cup-guard, a pair of straight faceted quillons swelling at the terminals, and knuckle-guard en suite (rusted throughout) 112.8cm; 44 3/8in blade £150-200 | Nil |
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280 |
| 246 | A RAPIER IN LATE 16TH/17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with earlier blade of flattened-hexagonal section stamped 'Hagum' within a short fuller on each side, steel hilt including a pair of vertically recurved quillons with bud-shaped terminals, outer-guard and a pair of additional frontal arms each with mouldings en suite with the quillon terminals, ovoid pommel ,and wire-bound grip 120cm; 47 1/8in blade £800-1000 | Nil |
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| 247 | A CUP-HILT RAPIER IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with tapering 18th Century blade stamped 'en Toledo' within a short fuller on each face, steel hilt including scalloped cup-guard, a pair of long straight quillons with trumpet-shaped terminals, compressed bun-shaped pommel, and wire-bound grip 112.5cm; 44 1/4in blade £500-700 | Nil |
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400 |
| 248 | A HAND-AND-A-HALF SWORD IN 15TH CENTURY STYLE, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY with tapering blade of hollow-diamond section, steel hilt comprising a pair of straight quillons with drooping terminals, large wheel pommel, and leather-covered wooden grip 88cm; 34 1/2in blade This sword is based on the distinctive group formerly preserved in the Mamluk arsenal at Alexandria, with dates ranging from 1415-37. £700-900 | Nil |
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550 |
| 249 | A HAND-AND-A-HALF SWORD IN 14TH CENTURY STYLE with broad fullered double-edged blade, steel hilt comprising straight quillons of square section, flattened wheel pommel, and wooden grip bound with leather 89cm; 35in blade £500-600 | Nil |
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450 |
| 250 | A GERMAN TWO HAND PROCESSIONAL SWORD IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY with broad blade of flattened-diamond section formed with a pair of lugs at the base and enclosed with leather over the lower portion, steel hilt including a pair of large ring-guards and small faceted pommel, and banded wooden grip 145cm; 57in blade £500-700 | Nil |
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850 |
| 251 | A SWORD IN LATE 16TH CENTURY GERMAN OR SWISS STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with broad tapering fullered blade, steel hilt of rounded bars including horizontally recurved quillons with faceted swollen terminals, upper and lower ring-guards each moulded in the centre, faceted pommel, and wire-bound grip 113.2cm; 44 3/8in blade £400-600 | Nil |
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400 |
| 252 | A BALL AND CHAIN, 19TH CENTURY formed of a large ball, a chain of twenty-two links, and ankle iron, complete with a key £100-150 | Nil |
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400 |
| 253 | A GERMAN HUNTING SWORD, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with broad straight blade double-edged towards the tip, steel hilt of flattened bars comprising down-curved quillon with rounded terminal, scalloped shell-guard, knuckle-guard formed en suite with the quillon, moulded collar, and natural staghorn grips retained by three rivets with scalloped heads 60.5cm; 23 7/8in blade £1500-2000 | Nil |
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| 254 | A GERMAN HUNTING SWORD, MID-18TH CENTURY with slightly curved blade double-edged towards a clipped-back point, etched and gilt with trophies, the motto 'V.Pandur' and a hussar on a blued panel on each side (light wear), steel cross-piece formed with a moulded collar (knuckle-chain missing), moulded cap pommel, and horn grip stained in imitation of tortoiseshell 50cm; 19 3/4in blade £700-900 | Nil |
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700 |
| 255 | 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; 21 1/4in 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. £150-200 | Nil |
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240 |
| 256 | A SILVER-HILTED OFFICER'S SWORD, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1768 with colichemarde blade etched with scrolls over the forte (rubbed), silver hilt comprising boatshell guard cast, pierced and chased in low relief with trophies-of-music surrounded by scrolling foliage within a low beaded frame, slightly recurved quillons, knuckle-guard and pommel all decorated en suite, and associated spirally-bound ivory grip bound with plaited wire 83.7cm; 33in blade For a small-sword with a very similar hilt see L. Southwick 2001, colour plate 6. £1200-1800 | Nil |
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| 257 | A SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1773, MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN FAYLE with associated hollow-triangular blade, silver hilt cast pierced and chased in low relief, including shell-guard formed as a sun-in-splendour within an elaborate beadwork border studded with numerous beads in imitation of brilliants, a pair of straight quillons, pierced quillon block, knuckle-guard and pommel all chiselled en suite with the shell, and the grip with later binding of silver wire and ribband secured by an engraved collar top and bottom (one arm with a very small chip, maker's mark rubbed) 79.3cm; 31 1/4in blade John Fayle registered his mark in 1772. A sword with a similar by William Kinman is preserved in the Royal Armouries Leeds, IX.3782. See L. Southwick 2001, p. 290-1 pl. 77. £700-900 | Nil |
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1600 |
| 258 | A RARE NORTH INDIAN SMALL-SWORD FOR THE EUROPEAN MARKET CIRCA 1745-50 with European colichemarde blade retaining traces of engraved scrollwork at the forte, steel hilt comprising double shell-guard, quillon with slightly forward-canted globular terminal, a pair of arms, knuckle-guard, and globular pommel, decorated throughout with gold koftgari flowers and foliage within linear and beaded borders, and the grip bound with alternating thicknesses of plaited wire 85.5cm; 33 5/8in blade The hilt belongs to a well-known group made by an unidentified workshop in North India for export to Europe. See A.V. B. Norman 1980, p. 348. £1200-1500 | Nil |
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1600 |
| 259 | AN ENGLISH SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1790 with hollow-triangular blade etched with scrolls and trophies at the forte (tip slightly bent), blued steel hilt including oval shell-guard with faceted edge, a pair of quillons with drooping faceted terminals, knuckle-guard and ovoid pommel faceted en suite, and the grip bound with twisted steel wire, ribband and 'Turk's heads', perhaps the original, in its paper-covered wooden scabbard (now in two pieces) with steel mounts including locket with belt clip, and retaining some early blued finish throughout (largely oxidised) 83.8cm; 33in blade £300-400 | Nil |
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| 260 | A GERMAN SMALL-SWORD, EARLY 18TH CENTURY with flattened-hexagonal blade pierced with a series of slipped circles and inlaid with brass scrolls at the forte, steel hilt of faceted bars, including double shell-guard incised with a single line around the border, a pair of slender arms, forward-canted short quillon with large faceted bud finial, knuckle-guard with large faceted central moulding, and pommel formed en suite, and later grip bound with plaited wire and 'Turk's heads' 76.5cm; 30 1/8in £300-400 | Nil |
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450 |
| 261 | A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1740 with tapering blade of hollow-triangular section, inscribed 'A l'epée Roÿale à Paris' within a panel at the forte (worn), steel hilt including double shell-guard, bud-shaped quillon and ovoid pommel all sparsely chiselled with foliage, and wooden grip with a 'Turk's head' top and bottom (grip binding missing); and ANOTHER SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1740, with hollow-triangular blade, and engraved brass hilt retaining traces of gilding (knuckle-bow and quillons missing, worn) the first 67.5cm; 26 5/8in blade (2) £150-250 | Nil |
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150 |
| 262 | A SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1730 with hollow-triangular blade inlaid with a panel of brass scrollwork at the forte, brass hilt including double shell-guard with moulded brim, forward-canted globular quillon, knuckle-guard and near spherical pommel, original grip bound with brass wire and 'Turk's heads' and retaining traces of gilding throughout 77.5cm; 30 1/2in blade £150-200 | Nil |
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| 263 | A RARE BARREL AND BREECH FROM AN INDIAN FOUR-SHOT REVOLVING GUN, 18TH CENTURY of russet steel, the barrel chiselled with a serpent head behind the muzzle (extensively cracked in the centre), standing back-sight, four chambers chiselled with scrolling foliage between, each with integral pan, and one retaining its steel (heavily patinated throughout) 90cm; 35 1/2in barrel Inv. no. F025 £200-300 | Nil |
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300 |
| 264 | A RARE DANISH OFFICER'S PALLASCH, CIRCA 1720 with broad double-edged blade stamped with a celestial motif and cut with a short fuller on each side, cut with a running wolf mark on one side of the forte, brass hilt cast and chased in low relief, comprising straight quillon with monsterhead finial, frontal guard decorated with an elaborate trophy-of-arms and joined to the knuckle-guard by two curved bars with monsterhead finials, knuckle-guard en suite, thumb-loop decorated with a further trophy-of-arms, the pommel formed as a hound's head, and solid grip decorated with a series of trophies-of-arms within a framework of foliage, and retaining traces of gilding throughout 79.8cm; 31 3/8in blade Inv. no. E015 This sword is based on the gold-hilted sword of King Frederick IV (1671-1730), preserved in Rosenborg, cat. no. 40. The Rosenborg catalogue states that in 1726-27 the Danish Mounted Life Regiment, Livregiment til Hest, was issued with 539 broadswords with brass hilts decorated with the cypher of King Frederick IV. While the corresponding officer's sword is not known it was probably based on the gold-hilted Royal sword mentioned above. See A. Hoff et al,1956, pp. 68-69. £1000-1400 | Nil |
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4000 |
| 265 | TWO CONTINENTAL OFFICER'S SWORDS, LAST QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY the first with English 1796 pattern Infantry blade etched with foliage, and brass hilt including boatshell-guard (incomplete); the second with associated blade, brass hilt including boatshell-guard, knuckle-guard and faceted pommel (quillon missing) the first: 72.5cm; 28 1/4in blade (2) Inv. no. E176 (the first) £200-300 | Nil |
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| 266 | A FRENCH OFFICER'S SABRE, LATE 18TH CENTURY with straight fullered Austrian blade double-edged towards the point, etched with the crowned Imperial double eagle on one side and the motto 'Pro Deo Fide et Patria' above a mounted cavalryman on the other, brass hilt of flattened bars, comprising broad guard, knuckle-guard, frontal guard and an additional vertical guard incorporating a fleur-de-lys within an oval, all decorated with delicately notched borders, back-strap and pommel decorated en suite, and retaining an early wire-bound leather-covered grip 86cm; 33 3/4in blade Inv. no. E009 It would appear that the guard was originally of 'attack' form with the vertical bars being able to fold. For similar examples see C. Ariès 1975, XIII fascicule. £1000-1500 | Nil |
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1000 |
| 267 | A FRENCH MODEL 1784 DRAGOON OFFICER'S SABRE À GARDE DE BATAILLE, LATE 18TH CENTURY with contemporary straight blade double-edged for the last 6in and retaining traces of etched decoration over the forte, regulation brass hilt including cap pommel engraved with a flower, and characteristic diamond-shaped surround to the tang, and retaining an early leather-covered grip (binding missing) 99cm; 39in blade Inv. no. E194 See C. Ariès 1967, 4 fascicule. £600-800 | Nil |
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650 |
| 268 | A FRENCH MODEL 1784 DRAGOON OFFICER'S SABRE À GARDE DE BATAILLE, LATE 18TH CENTURY with contemporary straight blade double-edged towards the point (shortened), cut with a pair of full-length fullers on each face and signed 'Goze Marchaud Fourbisseur a Metz', regulation brass hilt including cap pommel incised with three lines and with characteristic diamond-shaped surround to the tang, and retaining its original wire-bound leather-covered grip 82.5cm; 32 1/2in balde Inv. no. E195 See C. Ariès 1967, 4 fascicule. £600-800 | Nil |
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850 |
| 269 | A FRENCH MODEL 1784 DRAGOON OFFICER'S SABRE À GARDE DE BATAILLE, LATE 18TH CENTURY with straight blade double-edged for the last 6in and cut with a pair of full-length fullers on each face, regulation brass hilt including cap pommel with characteristic diamond-shaped surround to the tang, and retaining its wire-bound leather-covered grip 89cm; 35in blade Inv. no. E196 See C. Ariès 1967, 4 fascicule. £600-800 | Nil |
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1400 |
| 270 | FOUR UNUSUAL BROAD BLADED DAGGERS, FIRST QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY with broad tapering blades, two stamped with GR crowned at the forte, bow-tie quillons, and shaped wooden grips (tip chipped) 53cm; 20 3/4in and 48cm; 18 7/8in Inv. nos. E076, E089, E092 & E094 £600-800 | Nil |
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450 |
