Arms & Armour Auction(#121217) 12/12/2017 10:00 AM GMT CLOSED Auction Information Advanced Search ▼ Items per page 122448 Advanced Search Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViews Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 97-144 of 300. View Lot 97 An 18-bore flintlock travelling pistol marked Nock, 6inch sighted octagonal barrel engraved H-NOCK-LONDON, border engraved stepped lock with roller frizzen and signed H-NOCK, full stocked with border and foliate engraved brass mounts, brass capped wooden ramrod. View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£440StatusCLOSED Lot 98 A brass 40-bore flintlock boxlock travelling pistol with spring bayonet, 5inch tapering brass barrel engraved with flames at the muzzle and fitted with a spring bayonet to the right side released by a catch on the action, border engraved action further marked 2BAT02 to either side, sliding safety, bag-shaped wooden butt, this fitted with a grotesque mask butt cap carved from ivory. View details Estimate£700 - £900Winning Bid£850StatusCLOSED Lot 99 An 18-bore flintlock Light Dragoon or Livery pistol by Egg, 9inch barrel signed D. EGG LONDON, border engraved bevelled lock signed D. EGG, later cock retaining screw, full stocked with regulation brass mounts, brass capped wooden ramrod. Stock chipped behind the tail of the lock, fore-end split and repaired, split to side plate area, some filler around the butt cap. View details Estimate£300 - £400Winning Bid£480StatusCLOSED Lot 100 A 25-bore brass barrelled flintlock livery pistol by Twigg, 7.75inch slightly swamped barrel engraved London within a border engraved panel, border engraved bevelled lock signed Twigg, full stocked with border and foliate engraved brass mounts, horn capped wooden ramrod. Fore-end with split and repair. View details Estimate£300 - £400Winning Bid£380StatusCLOSED Lot 101 A pair of 22-bore brass barrelled flintlock holster pistols by Probin, 8.5inch two-stage brass barrels, ring turned at the midpoint, border engraved stepped and bolted brass locks signed J. PROBIN, full stocked with brass mounts to include long-eared butt caps and pillared trigger guards with pineapple finials, horn capped wooden ramrods. View details Estimate£4,000 - £5,000StatusUnsold Lot 102 An English 28-bore flintlock holster pistol in the Continental fashion, 10inch sighted barrel with traces of engraved foliate decoration at the breech, bevelled lock decorated with scrolling foliage and flower heads, roller frizzen, rainproof pan, full stocked with ornate gilt mounts, the side plate depicting a stand of arms and laurel leaves, the butt cap and trigger guard decorated with stands of arms and with an armour centred, finely chequered grip, horn capped wooden ramrod. View details Estimate£1,800 - £2,200StatusUnsold Lot 103 A 22-bore silver mounted flintlock Queen Anne pistol by Harman, 6.25inch turn-off three-stage cannon barrel engraved with foliage at the breech and signed JOHN HARMAN further marked LONDON to the underside of the breech, border engraved action, indented square backed sliding trigger guard, this acting as a sliding safety to engage the trigger, characteristic wooden grip with swollen butt, the silver sideplate of pierced rococo form, vacant stand of arms escutcheon, grotesque mask silver butt cap View details Estimate£1,800 - £2,200Winning Bid£1,850StatusCLOSED Lot 104 A 22-bore silver mounted flintlock Queen Anne pistol by Barbar, 7inch turn-off three-stage cannon barrel engraved with foliage at the breech and signed BARBAR to the underside of the breech, border engraved action, characteristic wooden grip with swollen butt, the silver sideplate of pierced rococo form, grotesque mask silver butt cap. View details Estimate£1,800 - £2,200Winning Bid£1,800StatusCLOSED Lot 105 A 17th Century 20-bore flintlock holster pistol by Edmund Giffard, 12.5inch sighted tapering barrel, bevelled lock engraved with scrolling foliage at the tail and signed EDMUND GIFFARD, frizzen re-faced, well figured stock fitted with brass mounts, pierced serpent and foliage side plate, long-eared butt cap, the trigger guard with trefoil terminal, later wooden ramrod. Circa 1680, Giffard was Gunmaker to Charles II. View details Estimate£2,000 - £2,500StatusUnsold Lot 106 An unusual 80-bore flintlock four-barrelled volley pistol by Ketland, 3inch turn-off canted barrels each struck with corresponding marks and with proofs to the underside of the breech, border and swag engraved action signed T KETLAND, LONDON, slab sided wooden grip with flared butt. One assumes that the canted barrels would offset the recoil. View details Estimate£2,000 - £2,500StatusUnsold Lot 107 A fine 18th Century Bohemian 25-bore flintlock holster pistol by Paul Breidenfelter, 10.5inch two-stage tapering blued barrel set with a maker's cartouche at the breech, stamped PAUL BREIDENFELTER, finely engraved lock decorated with two gentlemen on horseback firing pistols at each other within a wooded landscape, full stocked with scrolling silver wire decoration and carved with foliage about the mounts, gilt brass mounts decorated with classical figures and foliage, the cast side plate decora View details Estimate£2,500 - £3,000Winning Bid£2,400StatusCLOSED Lot 108 A cased pair of 28-bore flintlock saw-handled duelling pistols by John Prosser, 9inch sighted octagonal barrels with golden lined breeches and platinum touch holes, signed PROSSER - CHARING CROSS - LONDON on the top flats, the barrel tangs decorated with stands of arms, border engraved bolted locks signed PROSSER and decorated with a foliate flourish at the tail and a star burst behind the pans, rainproof pans and roller frizzens, set triggers, characteristic full saw-handled stocks with chequer View details Estimate£8,000 - £10,000StatusUnsold Lot 109 A good cased pair of 22-bore flintlock duelling pistols by Philip Bond, 10inch sighted octagonal barrels with good traces of original browned finish and engraved P. BOND 45 CORNHILL LONDON, border and scroll engraved barrel tangs decorated with a small foliate stand of arms, border engraved stepped and bolted locks decorated with foliate flourishes at the tails and on the cocks and further decorated with a star burst behind the pans, signed P. BOND, roller frizzens, full stocked with border eng View details Estimate£10,000 - £15,000StatusUnsold Lot 110 A cased pair of 22-bore flintlock duelling pistols by Joseph Gulley, 9.25inch sighted octagonal barrels with broad gold lined breeches and set with gold maker's tablet for GULLEY LONDON, the barrel tangs engraved with a stand of arms, border engraved stepped and bolted locks signed GULLEY and set with small roller frizzens, full stocked with border engraved steel mounts, the trigger guards with over size pineapple finials, vacant oval white metal escutcheons, one horn capped wooden ramrod the ot View details Estimate£8,000 - £10,000Winning Bid£7,800StatusCLOSED Lot 111 A cased pair of 22-bore flintlock duelling pistols by Richards, 9.5inch sighted octagonal barrels engraved INO RICHARDS STRAND LONDON, border engraved stepped and bolted locks signed RICHARDS, set triggers, half stocked with horn fore-ends, border engraved steel mounts, the trigger guards decorated with stands of arms and with pineapple terminals, chequered bag-shaped butts, horn capped wooden ramrods, contained in their relined mahogany case with various accessories to include a three-way flask View details Estimate£8,000 - £10,000Winning Bid£7,400StatusCLOSED Lot 112 A 16th Century Italian Cinquedea, characteristic 46cm broad and sharply tapering flattened diamond section blade, gilt bronze mounted hilt, the downturned guard in the form of two opposing acanthus scrolls, the large stepped spherical pommel with roped edge decorated on either side with a profile bust of a nobleman and a noblewoman each on a rayed ground and with an acanthus wreath in surround, copper wire bound iron framed grip. See lot 137 Galerie Fischer 22nd June 1960. View details Estimate£300 - £500Winning Bid£1,100StatusCLOSED Lot 113 A 17th Century talismanic basket hilted backsword, 77.5cm double fullered blade stamped with three stylized flower heads to either side, characteristic basket hilt composed of flattened rounded bars united by two shaped junction plates each pierced with six large circular holes and featuring an oval talismanic plaque depicting the Green Man, forward guard, rear guard and additional rear guard, stepped domed pommel, leather bound wooden grip. See British Basket-Hilted Swords by Cyril Mazansky, p View details Estimate£1,800 - £2,200Winning Bid£3,000StatusCLOSED Lot 114 A mid-17th Century English Civil War period Officer's broadsword, 81.5cm three-stage flattened diamond section fullered blade with traces of etched Latin inscription, characteristic chiselled iron hilt composed of two square section waisted looping sideguards with concave circular pierced inserts, square section knuckle guard secured to the ribbed pommel with a screw, two scrolling side bars to either side, copper wire and ribbon bound grip with Turk's heads. View details Estimate£1,500 - £2,000Winning Bid£1,850StatusCLOSED Lot 115 A mid 17th Century English Civil War period Mortuary hilted backsword, 80cm fullered blade incised with the running wolf emblem to either side, characteristic hilt composed of three principle bars united by curving side bars, the underside of the hilt chiselled with two opposing heads and panels of scrolling foliage and geometric designs, chiselled bud-shaped pommel, spirally fluted wooden grip. For a hilt with identical decoration see illustration ii, Figure 8 on page 235 of British Basket-Hilt View details Estimate£800 - £1,200Winning Bid£1,200StatusCLOSED Lot 116 A mid-17th Century brass hilted North European Cavalry broadsword, 79.5cm fullered blade struck with a mark at the top of each fuller, characteristic brass hilt composed of two looping side bars with solid concave centres, D-shaped knuckle guard supported by a single scrolling bar to either side, spherical pommel, plain wooden grip with two Turk's heads. For a 17th Century William & Mary hanger struck with a similar mark to the blade see lot 137 Antony Cribb Ltd 4th of October 2016. View details Estimate£600 - £800Winning Bid£680StatusCLOSED Lot 117 A late 17th Century English or Dutch rapier for a boy, 46cm triangular section incurved blade, brass hilt with slightly upturned shell guard with traces of silvered decoration, D-shaped knuckle guard, ovoid pommel, copper wire bound grip with Turk's heads. View details Estimate£80 - £120Winning Bid£160StatusCLOSED Lot 118 A French smallsword circa 1760, 81.5cm triangular section incurved blade, russet iron hilt with gilt highlights, the whole decorated with scrolling foliage, the upturned shell guard decorated with scenes from the battlefield in the classical manner, the junction points of the guard with oval panels depicting classical scenes, ovoid pommel, wire bound grip with Turk's heads. View details Estimate£250 - £350Winning Bid£360StatusCLOSED Lot 119 A silver hilted smallsword by William Kinman circa 1760, 82.5cm triangular section incurved blade, characteristic silver hilt with boat-shell guard decorated with reeded borders, the reeded decoration continuing throughout the hilt, to the guard and pommel, silver wire and ribbon bound wooden grip, the underside of the guard bearing maker's stamp of WK. View details Estimate£250 - £350Winning Bid£640StatusCLOSED Lot 120 An unusual rapier, 84.5cm triple fullered flattened diamond section blade pierced with interspaced holes in the central fuller, three-bar part basket hilt, the knuckle plate border engraved, pierced with a Moorish style lattice and bearing a central oval border with a cross centred, this whole panel shrouded with a foliate wreath, the looping thumb ring decorated to match, spherical urn form pommel, spirally fluted wire bound grip with Turk's heads. Possibly Italian and with Papal influences. View details Estimate£600 - £800Winning Bid£1,150StatusCLOSED Lot 121 An 18th Century Continental brass hilted smallsword, 86cm triangular section incurved fullered blade, pierced oval brass guard with simulated stud decoration, D-shaped knuckle guard decorated to match, rayed star grip and ovoid pommel. View details Estimate£250 - £350Winning Bid£250StatusCLOSED Lot 122 A late 18th Century English hunting hanger, 58.5cm curved blade with saw-back edge, sharpened for use, characteristic brass hilt with D-shaped knuckle bow and shell-guard, natural form stag horn grip. View details Estimate£300 - £400StatusUnsold Lot 123 A 17th Century hunting hanger, 46cm double and single fullered blade, re-shaped at the tip, characteristic iron hilt with D-shaped knuckle bow and natural stag's horn grip. View details Estimate£250 - £350StatusUnsold Lot 124 A copy of an 18th Century Scottish basket hilted broadsword, 87cm triple fullered blade, characteristic hilt composed of rounded bars united by circular pierced junction plates, wire bound leather covered grip. View details Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£150StatusCLOSED Lot 125 A Victorian cup hilt rapier in the 17th Century style, 92.5cm flattened diamond section blade, the cup with turned and roped edge, decorated with stylized foliage and pierced with a series of cartwheel designs, D-shaped knuckle guard with elongated quillons, spirally chiselled bun-shaped pommel, wire bound grip with Turk's heads. View details Estimate£300 - £400Winning Bid£420StatusCLOSED Lot 126 A Victorian copy of a 17th Century European cup hilt rapier, 80cm double fullered flattened diamond section blade, pierced steel cup, D-shaped knuckle bow and elongated quillons with turned terminals, faceted ovoid pommel, wire bound waisted grip. View details Estimate£300 - £400Winning Bid£280StatusCLOSED Lot 127 An unusual replica two-handed Knights Templar sword, 106.5cm flattened diamond section blade, the forte painted with a white shield embellished with a red cross, characteristic hilt, the flattened crossguard with ball terminals, spherical pommel and baluster grip, together with another similar, smaller, with traces of gilt and painted decoration. (2) View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£220StatusCLOSED Lot 128 A 1796 Pattern Light Cavalry Officer's sword, 83.5cm blade decorated with scrolling foliage, crowned Royal Arms, WARRANTED, a stand of arms and a cavalryman and all highlighted in gilt on a blued ground, the upper retaining good original polish, regulation steel stirrup hilt, wire bound leather covered grip, contained in its steel scabbard with maker's panel. View details Estimate£2,000 - £3,000StatusUnsold Lot 129 A 1796 Pattern Heavy Cavalry Trooper's sword, 89.5cm clean blade with spear point, regulation steel disc hilt with rounded langets, ribbed leather covered wooden grip, contained in its steel scabbard. Blade retains good amounts of original polish, exterior with grey staining. View details Estimate£1,500 - £2,000Winning Bid£1,650StatusCLOSED Lot 130 A Georgian Cavalry Officer's sabre, 75cm curved blade by Osborn & Gunby decorated along two thirds of its length with stands of arms, crowned Royal Arms, crowned GR cipher and the figure of Britannia highlighted in gilt on a blued ground, copper gilt stirrup hilt with neoclassical langets, wire bound ribbed leather grip complete with knot. Appears to have bright blue and gilt under surface muck, though with various rust patches. View details Estimate£250 - £350Winning Bid£620StatusCLOSED Lot 131 A 1796 Pattern Infantry Officer's sword, 81cm blade decorated with scrolling foliage and a stand of arms, highlighted in gilt and on a blued ground, some bright patches, regulation gilt hilt with D-shaped knuckle guard and folding sideguard, urn-shaped pommel, simulated silver wire bound grip, contained in its copper gilt mounted leather scabbard. The hilt retains most of its original gilt with losses to edges, blade blue is dull and with patination thought with a few bright spots. View details Estimate£500 - £800Winning Bid£500StatusCLOSED Lot 132 A Georgian Light Company Officer's sword, 68.5cm sharply curved blade frost etched with Royal Arms WARRANTED an angel a pineapple a figure of Britannia and a crowned GR cipher, regulation steel stirrup hilt, the pommel chiselled with a lion's head, copper wire bound ivory grip, contained in its steel scabbard, complete with knot. One scabbard ring replaced. View details Estimate£800 - £1,000Winning Bid£900StatusCLOSED Lot 133 An unusual and historically interesting Georgian dress sword by Samuel Brunn, 70cm flattened diamond section two-stage lightweight flexible blade etched with the motto NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT within a garter, this partially obscured by patination, Further swag below containing the word ROYALS, copper gilt hilt in the Romanesque manner, the neoclassical crossguard with stylized spatulate acanthus terminals, domed pommel with laurel wreath band, tapering copper wire bound grip, contained in its co View details Estimate£600 - £800Winning Bid£900StatusCLOSED Lot 134 An 1805 Pattern Naval Officer's sword, 76cm blade etched with scrolling foliage and stands of arms, regulation copper gilt stirrup hilt, the langets decorated with crowned fouled anchors, wire bound fish skin grip, contained in a brass mounted leather wrapped steel scabbard. View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£380StatusCLOSED Lot 135 A Devonshire Militia (?) Officer's spadroon, 82.5cm blade engraved I = WOOLEY = BIRM'M on the back edge, characteristic polished steel hilt with D-shaped knuckle bow and looping sideguard, the latter pierced with scrolling foliage and chiselled to the edge, castellated pommel with faceted tang button, tapering reeded ivory grip with steel straps to either side, the outer strap engraved DM in script. View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£500StatusCLOSED Lot 136 A 1755 Pattern Infantry hanger, 68.5cm fullered blade, sharpened for use, regulation brass hilt with heart-shaped guard, D-shaped knuckle guard, spherical pommel, wooden grip, contained in its iron and brass mounted leather scabbard. View details Estimate£350 - £450Winning Bid£330StatusCLOSED Lot 137 A Georgian period American blued and gilt infantry officer's sabre, 79cm curved blade blued along half of its length terminating in a foliate flourish and decorated with a panel of foliage, a stand of arms, and a foliate scroll with a centred shield bearing stars and stripes all highlighted in gilt, brass stirrup hilt, shield-shaped langets, bold eagle's head pommel, carved bone grip, chipped beneath the pommel, contained in its shaped and embossed brass mounted black leather scabbard. View details Estimate£800 - £1,200StatusUnsold Lot 138 A late 18th Century American Officer's Hanger by James Woolley, 70cm curved fullered blade double edged towards the tip, the back edge stamped I WOOLLEY, slotted brass hilt with D-shaped knuckle guard and eagle's head pommel, the ribbed wooden grip inset with copper tape binding. James Woolley operated independently between 1785 and 1788. View details Estimate£250 - £350Winning Bid£230StatusCLOSED Lot 139 A late 18th Century Spanish Naval Officer's smallsword, 81cm two-stage flattened diamond section blade decorated with panels of scrolling foliage, a stylized crest and stands of arms at the forte, gilt hilt, retaining virtually all of its original gilt finish, dished ovoid guard with milled style finish to the inner rim, D-shaped knuckle guard, ovoid pommel and gilt grip, both with milled finish to the edges. See plate 125 Swords for Sea Service by May & Annis volume II. View details Estimate£250 - £350Winning Bid£230StatusCLOSED Lot 140 An early 19th Century Spanish coronation sword, 73cm blade incised R* Fdo VII and on the opposing side Ca 1808 Fdo, extensively sharpened, the iron hilt with elongated crossguard, D-shaped knuckle guard, characteristic wire bound and iron framed Spanish grip. View details Estimate£180 - £220Winning Bid£150StatusCLOSED Lot 141 A fine quality French 1st Empire Officer's sword, 76cm triangular section incurved blade, characteristic gilt hilt, profusely and well decorated with oak leaves, laurel leaves and an eagle, D-shaped knuckle guard, ornate flattened spherical pommel, two-piece mother-o'-pearl grips. View details Estimate£150 - £250Winning Bid£340StatusCLOSED Lot 142 A Continental artillery officer's sword, 80cm fullered blade, patinated, regulation copper gilt hilt, the down turned guard with crowned crossed cannons, D-shaped knuckle guard with ram's head terminal, casque pommel, wire bound ribbed wooden grip. View details Estimate£80 - £120StatusUnsold Lot 143 A very good George V Cameron Highlanders Officer's basket hilted broadsword, 82cm blade by Wilkinson Sword, serial no. 64361, etched with thistles, THE QUEEN'S OWN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS, crowned regimental device, crowned GVR cipher and owner's initials J.F.M for Captain (1940) J. F. McLaurin MBE (MIL), retaining its original polish and etched grey ground, regulation plated hilt composed of flattened rounded bars united by heart-pierced junction plates, contained in its plated mounted brown leathe View details Estimate£600 - £800Winning Bid£820StatusCLOSED Lot 144 An historically interesting Royal Engineer's Officer's sword to Lt. Colonel Owen Haig Bayldon, 82.5cm blade by Wilkinson, serial no. 37420, etched with scrolling foliage, regimental motifs, crowned Royal Arms and owner's initials and crest, regulation plated three-bar hilt, wire bound fish skin grip, contained in its field service scabbard. Lt Colonel Owen Haig Bayldon had a particularly interesting career serving with both the Army and the RAF and a keen sailor. In 1900 Bayldon joined the 1st M View details Estimate£350 - £450Winning Bid£390StatusCLOSED Items per page 122448 Previous|1234567|Next Previous 1234567 Next Previous 1234567 Next