299 |
A NORTH EUROPEAN CAVALRY SWORD, CIRCA 1640 with associated two-stage blade engraved with scrolls of foliage, an exotic bird and the captioned figures of Hannibal and Romulus on the respective faces at the forte (small areas of pitting), steel hilt comprising a pair of short quillons with mushroom-shaped terminals, frontal bar and knuckle-guard each interrupted by a double mushroom moulding, inner-and outer ring-guard each fitted with a pierced sprung-in plate of differing size, the former incorporating a thumb-ring, mushroom-shaped pommel, and wooden grip with later binding 91.4cm; 36in blade £800-1000 | Nil |
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800 |
| 300 | A VENETIAN SCHIAVONA, 18TH CENTURY with Austrian military fullered blade engraved with the crowned Imperial double Eagle and the inscription 'Vivas Carolus VI Römischer Käiser' on each side at the forte, steel hilt with basket-guard of flattened bars, including thumb-loop and forward curled moulded quillon, brass shield shaped pommel (perhaps later), and wooden grip bound with plaited brass wire 95.2cm; 37 1/2in blade £800-1000 | Nil |
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1400 |
| 301 | a venetian schiavona, 18th century with single-edged fullered blade stamped with a double eye lash mark on one side (the tip with one small chip), steel hilt with basket-guard of flattened bars, incorporating a thumb loop (quillon chipped, one bar missing, another loose), brass fishtail pommel, and later grip bound with plaited wire (pitted) 89.5cm; 35 1/4in blade £600-800 | Nil |
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1200 |
| 302 | A NORTH EUROPEAN DISH-HILT RAPIER, MID-17TH CENTURY, probably german with slender blade of diamond section retaining traces of etched foliage at the forte, steel hilt including shallow dish-guard pierced and chiselled with arrangements of volutes and foliage, a pair of straight quillons with globular terminals each chiselled with scrolls (one slightly bent), outer ring-guard joining the knuckle-guard, each chiselled with scrolls and interrupted with mouldings en suite with the quillons and the dish (the knuckle-guard cracked), chiselled globular pommel, and wooden grip bound with copper wire and 'Turk's heads' 105cm; 41 3/8in blade £600-800 | Nil |
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1300 |
| 303 | A VERY FINE FRENCH DISH-HILT RAPIER, CIRCA 1630-45 with blade of flattened hexagonal section stamped 'Francisoc Pe' and 'Rez en Toledo' within a short fuller on each face, chiselled steel hilt of slender bars, comprising scrolling quillon, dish-guard pierced and chiselled with a series of concentric bands including pairs of dolphin enclosing fleur-de-lys, a band of scallop shells for the Order of St Michael, and four stylised ionic capitals next to the blade aperture, divided by delicate ropework frames and bands of pierced scale ornament (the brim with two minor cracks), knuckle-guard interrupted by a double volute moulding, fluted quillon block with a series of volutes on each face, two pair of short arms supporting the cup-guard, and globular pommel decorated with pairs of dolphin on the front and back and the sides each decorated with a monstrous mask, and the grip with an early binding of plaited brass wire and 'Turk's heads' 90cm; 35 1/2in blade A very similar sword is preserved in the Musée de l'Armée, Paris, cat.no.J382, and was used, by tradition, by Louis XIV in 1649-50. It is also likely that these swords were made for a close personal guard of the dauphin. See A.V.B.Norman 1980, p.173 and Général Mariaux 1927, p.53. £7000-9000 | Nil |
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13000 |
| 304 | A FINE CUP-HILT RAPIER, CIRCA 1640, probably italian with two-stage blade of diamond section over its upper portion, pierced with a series of circles and slipped circles within a deep fuller over the lower portion and cut with a pair of long flutes on each side, stamped 'Caino' on each side of the ricasso, steel hilt of slender bars chiselled with a notched pattern, comprising quillons swelling very slightly towards the tips, knuckle-guard, plain arms, flower-shaped cup-guard formed of eight petal-shaped bars each fitted with a sprung-in plate pierced with a trellis pattern within a finely notched framework, the base formed as a calyx, finely pierced and chased pommel en suite with the cup-guard, and original grip of green-stained fishskin retained by four moulded bars 114.7cm; 45 1/8in blade £2000-2500 | Nil |
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5000 |
| 305 | A SPANISH CUP-HILT RAPIER, LATE 17TH CENTURY with slender blade of flattened hexagonal section, stamped 'DE PEDRO DE VELMONTE EN TOLEDO' within a pair of short narrow fullers on each side (worn, partly obscured), plain ricasso, steel hilt comprising cup-guard with down-turned roped brim, pierced over its full surface with patterns of scrolling foliage within a fluted framework radiating from the base, small lightly engraved guardapolvo, a pair of writhen quillons with small button terminals, knuckle-guard en suite, compressed fluted pommel, and the grip bound with plaited wire and 'Turk's heads', perhaps the original 103cm; 40 1/2in blade For an account of Pedro de Velmonte see H.Seitz 1968, pp.265-270. £1000-1400 | 5% |
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2200 |
| 306 | A FINE SPANISH CUP-HILT RAPIER, CIRCA 1680 with slender blade of flattened hexagonal section, stamped 'Tomas Daiala' and 'En Toledo' within a short fuller on the respective faces (rubbed), rectangular fullered ricasso, steel hilt of writhen bars, comprising quillons with moulded terminals, knuckle-guard, a pair of plain arms, cup-guard with spirally fluted rompepuntas, decorated with a vertical arrangement of two pierced bands of scrolling tendrils, fitted with a small matching screw-in rondel at the base engaging the arms and guardapolvo, the latter with a pair of concentric bands finely pierced with foliage, compressed spirally fluted pommel, decorated throughout with bands of overlapping shell ornament (rubbed, areas of light pitting), and the grip with later wire binding and 'Turk's heads 106cm; 41 3/4in blade £2000-2500 | Nil |
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3800 |
| 307 | A SPANISH CUP-HILT RAPIER, LATE 17TH CENTURY with slender blade of diamond section, stamped with a brief inscription within a short fuller on each face (obscured), iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising quillons with moulded terminals, knuckle-guard with a central moulding and finial en suite with the quillons, a pair of short arms (one chipped), plain cup-guard with rounded brim, guardapolvo pierced with scrolling tendrils terminating in flowers, and globular pommel, and the grip with later wire binding 101.6cm; 40in blade £700-900 | Nil |
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950 |
| 308 | A CUP-HILT RAPIER IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with slender blade cut with a short fuller, rectangular ricasso, steel hilt including quillons pierced with slots and circles, pressed steel cup-guard pierced with a spiralling arrangement of slots, pierced pommel, and spirally moulded grip (pitted) 93.7cm; 36 7/8in blade £400-600 | Nil |
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650 |
| 309 | A NORTH EUROPEAN TRANSITIONAL RAPIER WITH SILVER-ENCRUSTED HILT, CIRCA 1660 with earlier two-stage blade cut with three short fullers filled with a pierced arrangement of slipped circles over the lower portion, iron hilt comprising asymmetrical double shell-guard decorated in silver with pairs of exotic birds centring on bouquets of fruit within a frame of pellets, slightly recurved quillons with flattened globular terminals, a pair of arms, and globular pommel, decorated throughout in silver with birds and bouquets of fruit en suite with the shell-guard, and the grip with later wire (the silver rubbed and with small losses) 74cm; 29 1/8in blade A silver-encrusted transitional rapier of related from is preserved in the armoury of Carl Gustaf Wrangel at Skokloster, inv.no.7240. £800-1200 | Nil |
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1500 |
| 310 | A TRANSITIONAL SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1680 with blade of flattened hexagonal section stamped 'Sabastian' and 'Hernandez' between a series of decorative marks on the respective faces within a short fuller, steel hilt, including double shell-guard with moulded border, decorated on the outer face with a field of beadwork and on the inside with a trellis pattern (rubbed), straight moulded quillons, knuckleguard interrupted by a moulding en suite with the quillons, fluted pommel, and the grip with later wire binding 87.5cm; 34I in blade There are at least three swordsmiths called Sebastian Hernandez recorded in Toledo and Seville in the 16th and 17th Centuries. See A.V.B. Norman 1986, p.125. £500-800 | Nil |
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800 |
| 311 | A TRANSITIONAL RAPIER, CIRCA 1660-70 with multi-stage blade, iron hilt including asymmetrical double shell-guard cast and chiselled with mounted figures, straight quillons with flattened globular terminals, globular pommel chiselled with a pair of portrait profiles on each side, and the grip with later wire binding and 'Turk's heads' (pitted throughout) 78.8cm; 31in blade £400-500 | Nil |
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700 |
| 312 | AN ITALIAN SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1740 with blade of flattened diamond section, stamped 'Francisco Picinio' on a gilded ground within a short fuller on each face and engraved with a gilded orb mark, rectangular forte engraved and gilt with a profile portrait medallion, brass hilt finely cast and chiselled in low relief, comprising double shell-guard decorated with scrolling monsterhead tendrils, foliage, and differing classical warrior profiles carried on trophies-of-arms, chiselled globular quillon (the other missing), moulded knuckle-guard, ovoid pommel en suite with the shell-guard, retaining traces of original gilding, and the grip bound with plaited silver wire and a moulded silver collar top and bottom, perhaps the original 83.7cm; 33in blade Francisco Picinio is apparently a spurious name after the celebrated Milanese armourers Antonio and Federico. See Poldi Pezzoli 1985, p.457. £400-600 | Nil |
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400 |
| 313 | AN ITALIAN SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1720-30 with tapering blade cut with a slender full-length fuller and two further fullers on each side over the lower portion, retaining traces of an inscription and engraved decoration towards the forte (rubbed, light pitting), brass hilt cast and chased in low relief, including double-shell-guard pierced with differing scenes of classical figures surrounded by putti within moulded frames interrupted by espagnolettes, globular quillon chiselled with a monsterhead, knuckle-guard interrupted by a crouching figure, pieced globular pommel chiselled with foliage and beasts, and original grip bound with plaited brass wire and 'Turk's heads' (hilt rubbed) 81.4cm; 32inblade £500-800 | Nil |
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600 |
| 314 | A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1740 with associated colichemarde blade etched with a panel of strapwork over the forte (worn, areas of pitting), bras hilt cast and chiselled with a spiral pattern, including double shell-guard, swelling knuckle-guard, ovoid pommel, and swelling solid grip en suite 85.6cm; 33 3/4in blade £400-600 | Nil |
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750 |
| 315 | A SMALL-SWORD, 18TH CENTURY with two-stage blade etched with symmetrical arrangements of foliage on each side of the forte, steel hilt including double-shell-guard (chipped) and knuckle-guard each cast and pierced with arrangements of scrolling foliage, associated pierced ovoid pommel, and associated solid grip etched with scrollwork and enriched with brass pellets 71.6cm; 28 1.4in blade £400-500 | Nil |
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700 |
| 316 | A SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1740 with associated hollow-triangular blade, brass hilt cast in relief, including double-shell-guard decorated with differing cavalry scenes, globular quillon formed as a monsterhead, knuckle-guard interrupted by a demon mask, and drop-shaped pommel en suite with the shell, and original grip bound with plaited copper wire and ribband, previously gilded (worn throughout) 77.5cm;m 30 1/2in blade £200-250 | Nil |
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400 |
| 317 | A GERMAN SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1750 with hollow-triangular blade signed 'P.Knecht Solingen' at the forte, steel hilt cast and chiselled in low relief, , including double shell-guard decorated with differing classical trophies-of-arms within a foliate frame (one small chip), pierced quillon block, a pair of short arms (one chipped), knuckle-guard decorated with scrolls, pommel en suite with the shell, , later grip of plaited wire and 'Turk's head's', and the shell-guard and pommel each retaining traces of gilding 76cm; 30in blade £350-450 | Nil |
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500 |
| 318 | A COURT SWORD, MID-18TH CENTURY with two-stage blade engraved over the forte (worn), steel hilt including oval shell-guard with faceted inner face, plain quillon, knuckle-guard, ovoid pommel and swelling solid grip cast throughout with a faceted pattern (worn overall) 73.6cm; 29in blade £100-150 | Nil |
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600 |
| 319 | A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1790 with hollow-triangular blade sparsely etched with a strung bugle, foliage and a garland, signed Couilliez Fourbisseur Rue Honnor No.102 a Paris at the forte, reblued steel hilt comprising oval shell-guard fitted decorated with a frame of beadwork on the inside and fitted with a finely pierced and chased gilt-copper plate decorated a lobated arrangement of flowers and foliage centring on a small scalloped plate, plain globular quillon, knuckle-guard interrupted by a faceted panel, faceted globular pommel, and later grip bound with copper wire 90.3cm; 35 1/2in blade £200-300 | Nil |
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500 |
| 320 | A SMALL-SWORD WITH CUT-STEEL HILT, LATE 18TH CENTURY with slender hollow-triangular blade, steel hilt including oval dish-guard set with concentric bands of beadwork centring on a fluted oval plate, plain faceted forward -canted quillon with tightly scrolling terminal enclosing a faceted bead, plain knuckle-guard, and urn-shaped pommel and faceted grip each set with a tapering pattern of faceted beads enclosed by finely punched bands and framed by pairs of flutes 80cm; 31 1/2in blade £200-300 | Nil |
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700 |
| 321 | A SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1760 with hollow-triangular blade, cast pierced and chiselled steel hilt, including double shell-guard decorated with diagonal rows of pellets within incised frames and partially framed by scrolls, globular quillon, knuckle-guard and ovoid pommel each decorated en suite, retaining traces of gilding, and original grip bound with silver wire, ribband punched with gold stars, and 'Turk's heads', I its original leather-covered wooden scabbard with steel mounts, suspension belt and belt clip en suite with the hilt (the chain replaced, steel parts worn throughout) 83cm; 32 5/8in blade £350-450 | Nil |
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1400 |
| 322 | A SILVER-HILT SMALL-SWORD RETAILED BY BLAND, ST JAMES, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1767, MAKERS MARK OF JOSEPH CLARE with earlier blade stamped 'Tamas' and 'Aiala' between a series of decorative marks within a short fuller on the respective faces, silver hilt cast, pierced and chased in low relief, comprising double shell-guard filled with a scrolling pattern of delicate beadwork within a lightly roped frame interrupted by foliate mouldings, a pair of short quillons with flattened globular terminals, knuckle-guard decorated with ropework and interrupted by a foliate moulding, pierced pommel en suite with the shell-guard, and original grip bound with plaited silver wire and ribband between decorated collars (the silver parts rubbed), in a leather-covered wooden scabbard with original silver mounts, and the locket en suite with the hilt and punched with the retailer's details (the scabbard replaced) 74.2cm; 29 1/4in blade Joseph Clare registered his second mark on 1st October 1767. The following year John Highmore Bland succeeded the Royal Cutler and Belt maker Mrs Anne Becket at 68 St James. £700-900 | Nil |
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2200 |
| 323 | A FRENCH MODEL 1814 EPÉE OF THE MAISON MILITAIRE DU ROI, CIRCA 1814-16 with straight single-edged blade etched blued and gilt over the lower portion with trophies on each side and signed 'Jag Spol Fourb a Metz' at the forte on one side, and giltbrass hilt including shell-guard decorated with a fleur-de-lys and plumed and helmet pommel (refinished throughout) 85.5cm; 33K in blade £400-600 | 5% |
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1000 |
| 324 | A FINE FRENCH SILVER-MOUNTED FIRST EMPIRE OFFICER'S SABRE BY ST. ETIENNE, MAKER'S MARK OF ANTOINE-MODESTE FOURNERA with curved blade double-edged towards the tip, etched with stars and rondels on a gilt ground over its lower half, filled with Celestial motifs, a trophy-of-arms carrying a Turkish warrior bust on one side and further trophies-ofarms on the other, rectangular ricasso formed with gilt recesses and with a raised semi-circular panel on each side, the back-edge decorated with a running pattern of leaves on a gilt ground, silver hilt formed in the neo-Turkish fashion, comprising cross-piece with pineapple finials, chased with a pattern of scrollwork centring on an expanded flowerhead on one side, a further flowerhead on the reverse, and all on a finely punched ground, back-strap incised with a pair of lines, shaped horn grip-scales retained by a pair of rivets each covered by a drop-shaped washer, and the pommel pierced with a further pair of washers formed en suite, in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard, with shaped silver lower mount and large locket chased with neo-classical trophies in high relief on a punched ground on one side, including a visored helmet and a knightly shield in the upper panel and a glaive, baton, classical helmet and laurel wreath in the lower, engraved with an elaborate flower on the reverse and with an inscription, and fitted with a pair of mounts carrying suspension rings each decorated en suite with the langets 82cm; 32D in blade The inscription reads: 'De St Etienne, Ceinturier de S. M.L'Empur Barre des Sergents' St.-Etienne is recorded as a maker and retailer of deluxe accoutrements, including sabretaches and sword fittings. A gold-hilted sword belonging to Napoleon by the celebrated maker Martin-Guillaume Biennais with a belt by St.-Etienne is preserved in the Residenz Munich. See J.Erichsen and K.Heinemann 2005, p.220 no.176. Antoine-Modeste Fournera is recorded as a maker of sword hilts and at 8 rue de Perpignan and 28 rue Neuve St Nicolas, Paris circa 1806-11 £4000-5000 | Nil |
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4800 |
| 325 | A RUSSIAN OFFICER'S MODEL 1913 PATTERN AWARD SHASQA EMBELLISHED WITH THE BADGE OF THE ORDER OF ST GEORGE with earlier regulation blade, stamped with Zlatoust arsenal mark, etched with the Imperial cypher of Tsar Nicholas II and dated 1893, brass hilt formed in three parts (restorations), the lower portion applied with the enamelled badge of the Order of St George (losses), and the pommel cast with the Imperial cipher and the Cyrillic bravery inscription, associated sword knot, in its regulation leather-covered wooden scabbard with gilt-brass mounts (areas of wear) 77.5cm; 30 1/2in blade £1000-1200 | Nil |
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6500 |
| 326 | A FRENCH MODEL 1822 LIGHT CAVALRY SABRE, DATED 1827 of regulation specifications, the blade with Klingenthal arsenal inscription, and the hilt with inspectors stamps 92.5cm; 36I in blade £200-250 | 5% |
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200 |
| 327 | A FRENCH MODEL 1831 INFANTRY COUPE CHOUX BY TALABOT FS, DATED 1852 stamped with the maker's details at the forte; eight Gras bayonets, seven Chassepot bayonets, four Cavalry sabres, 19th Century, two with steel stirrup hilts and two with sheet steel hilts pierced with a drop-shaped aperture, a Victorian gilt-brass mount for a bridle, and three shieldshaped display boards (21) £700-800 | Nil |
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900 |
| 328 | AN 1856 PATTERN PIONEER'S SWORD BY ROBERT MOLE & SONS, BIRMINGHAM, DATED 1893 the hilt stamped with the date and 'M.4 LAN', in its scabbard, another, by Wilkinson, dated 1897, in its scabbard; and a dagger, 19th Century, with double-edged blade (rusted), brass crosspiece, and bone grip-scales (worn) the first: 57.2cm; 22I in blade (3) £150-250 | Nil |
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