Arms & Armour Auction(#140317) 14/03/2017 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 49-96 of 364. View Lot 49 Two various brass mounted model cannon carriages, the first to take a barrel of 6.5cm in width, the second to take a barrel of 5cm in width. (2) View details Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£210StatusCLOSED Lot 50 A late 16th Century Langue de Boeuf, 48cm leaf shaped blade with raised medial ridge to one side, folded collar. Some de-lamination and pitting. View details Estimate£200 - £300StatusUnsold Lot 51 An excavated Lug Spear head, 33.5cm over all length with leaf-shaped blade and raised medial ridge with opposing lags on the haft collar. Probably 15th Century acid cleaned. View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£190StatusCLOSED Lot 52 An excavated European fighting-axe head, 19.5cm curved head, mounting collar worn. Acid cleaned. View details Estimate£200 - £300StatusUnsold Lot 53 A Bronze Age short sword, 39cm leaf shaped blade with raised medial ridge, square section tang cracked just beyond the forte and bent over beneath the tang button. View details Estimate£150 - £200Winning Bid£140StatusCLOSED Lot 54 A Bronze Age spear head, 17.5cm over all length, 10cm leaf-shaped head with raised medial ridge, together with a Bronze Age nail and four various hand-picks or needles. (6) View details Estimate£130 - £150Winning Bid£130StatusCLOSED Lot 55 A German Sword of War circa 1400, 93cm tapering blade with broad fuller along two-thirds of its length to either side, the iron hilt with elongated flattened quillons broadening towards the ends, broad wheel pommel. Good excavated condition with a dark patina. View details Estimate£5,500 - £6,500StatusUnsold Lot 56 A late 16th Century German swept-hilt rapier, 115cm flattened diamond section blade incised in the short central fuller MARIA to one side and IH to the other, characteristic hilt composed of rounded and flattened bars, elongated tapering pommel incised with two sets of tramlines to the front, wire bound spirally fluted grip with Turk's heads. View details Estimate£5,000 - £6,000StatusUnsold Lot 57 A 17th Century duelling rapier, 104cm fullered blade indistinctly stamped on the ricasso and in the fuller, characteristic hilt composed of rounded iron bars, horn grip, urn form pommel. View details Estimate£400 - £600Winning Bid£700StatusCLOSED Lot 58 A fine late Victorian copy of a 17th Century Spanish rapier, 102cm flattened diamond section blade profusely and finely etched with a panel of scrolling foliage along one third of its length the hilt composed of two upturned shells united by five looping side bars on either side, principally finely etched with scrolling foliage and two stylised Phoenix, elongated quillons with ring turned terminals, D-shaped knuckle guard, characteristic wire bound reinforced Spanish grip. View details Estimate£500 - £700Winning Bid£480StatusCLOSED Lot 59 An early 17th Century North-European swept hilt rapier, 81cm incised with traces of an inscription within the short central fuller, much shortened and patinated, characteristic three-bar swept hilt, now heavily patinated, large ovoid pommel, later turned wooden grip. View details Estimate£250 - £350Winning Bid£520StatusCLOSED Lot 60 A mid-17th Century English Civil War period Officer's Mortuary hilted broadsword, 84cm blade, indistinctly marked along the medial ridge, characteristic hilt decorated with overlapping scales, plain wooden grip. For swords with similar overlapping scale decoration see page 236 illustration XIII and page 244 illustration IB of British Basket-Hilted Swords by Cyril Mazansky. One side-bar lacking and generally patinated. View details Estimate£600 - £800Winning Bid£540StatusCLOSED Lot 61 An early 17th Century Mortuary hilt broadsword, 81.5cm blade incised with a running wolf mark and SAHAGUM to either side, characteristic iron hilt with flattened guard and forward and rear facing quillons, the main knuckle guard supported by two shorter looping and scrolling supports, elongated ovoid pommel. Generally patinated. See page 268, and both Illustrations numbered IV in British Basket-Hilted Swords by C. Mazansky for a sword of almost identical configuration in the Royal Armouries. View details Estimate£300 - £400Winning Bid£700StatusCLOSED Lot 62 A mid-17th Century Mortuary hilt backsword, 70cm double fullered blade incised BRACH, characteristic sheet iron hilt with forward and rear facing quillons, the guard upturned to either side and meeting the pommel via two arching side guards, spherical pommel, wooden grip. Blade and hilt patinated and the two side guards snapped from junction point on the pommel. View details Estimate£250 - £350Winning Bid£430StatusCLOSED Lot 63 A dated early 18th Century North European sword of Walloon type, 73.5cm flattened diamond section blade incised with a running wolf motif to either side and dated 1738, characteristic hilt with two filled and pierced looping side guards, later brass wire bound grip. Generally patinated over all and cleaned, guard bars secured to pommel with later screws. View details Estimate£250 - £350Winning Bid£260StatusCLOSED Lot 64 An 18th Century English small-sword, 79cm flattened diamond section fullered blade, pierced and reeded hilt decorated with foliate panels, wire bound grip with turk's heads, grip binding worn and quillon lacking, together with another similar with 64.5cm blade incised SAHAGOM, the hilt also reeded but highlighted with courtly figures. (2) View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£350StatusCLOSED Lot 65 An 18th Century Spanish cavalry sword or Bilbo, 87.5cm broadsword blade engraved NO ME SAQUE SIN RASON and NO ME ENBAINES SIN HONOR, (Draw me not without reason and sheath me not without honour) further traces of scrolling foliate decoration, the exposed tang struck with an armourer's mark, hilt with re-shaped shell guard, elongated quillons, D-shaped knuckle guard, bun-shaped pommel, wire bound wooden grip. View details Estimate£300 - £400Winning Bid£650StatusCLOSED Lot 66 An 18th Century Spanish cavalry sword or Bilbo, 82cm broadsword blade, characteristic hilt with shell guard, elongated quillons, repaired, and D-shaped knuckle guard, bun-shaped pommel, wire bound wooden grip with Turk's heads. Grip wire loose, quillon repair and rust patinated. View details Estimate£250 - £350StatusUnsold Lot 67 A Spanish Broadsword in the 15th Century style, 90cm blade etched with a motto at the forte to either side, the iron hilt cast with hunting scenes, traces of plated decoration. Part of guard lacking and hilt damaged and repaired. Blade possibly 17th Century. View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£190StatusCLOSED Lot 68 A mid-18th Century British Cavalry basket hilted backsword, 78cm fullered blade stamped with a stylised running wolf mark containing the initials S.H. (Samuel Harvey), characteristic hilt composed of flattened rounded bars united by heart and circle pierced junction plates, oversize forward guard, later wooden grip. Blade with some heavy patination towards the latter half, hilt patinated. See page 99, Illustration F4 in British Basket-Hilted Swords by C. Mazansky for a sword of similar configura View details Estimate£400 - £600Winning Bid£660StatusCLOSED Lot 69 A late 17th Century English silver mounted hunting dirk or dagger, 37.5cm flattened diamond section two-stage blade, pierced silver scroll work crossguard with dog's head quillons, the central panel further decorated with female heads in either corner, reeded grip with foliate form silver pommel cap, contained in its silver mounted leather wrapped wooden scabbard, decorated to match. Circa 1680. View details Estimate£1,500 - £2,500Winning Bid£1,400StatusCLOSED Lot 70 A 19th Century Italian Cinqueda dagger in the 16th Century style, 26.5cm broad tapering blade with rounded tip, decorated at the forte with bands of geometric designs and a foliate flourish, characteristic hilt with down turned guard and tapering cylindrical pommel, spirally fluted ivory grip. View details Estimate£800 - £1,000StatusUnsold Lot 71 A late 17th Century Scottish basket hilted backsword, 87.5cm triple fullered blade marked SOLIO ANDRIA FERARA GLORIA, characteristic thin-barred hilt principally comprised of two saltires united by junction plates incised with a diamond form, the bars slotted into the grooved bun-shaped pommel later wooden grip. Blade and hilt patinated, the later also loose and poorly refitted at the tang button area. See page 78, Illustration D7 in British Basket-Hilted Swords by C. Mazansky for a sword of sim View details Estimate£400 - £600Winning Bid£1,000StatusCLOSED Lot 72 An early to mid-18th Century Scottish basket hilted broadsword, 82.5cm blade with three short fullers, the middle marked ANDRIA FARARA, characteristic hilt composed of flattened square section bars united by heart and circle pierced junction plates, the bars slotting into the grooved flattened conical pommel, the later incised with liner and circle decoration, later wire bound wooden grip. The hilt with extensive contemporary and later repairs and as with the blade patinated. View details Estimate£250 - £350Winning Bid£1,050StatusCLOSED Lot 73 A scarce late 17th Century Scottish powder horn, the natural form body carved with fleur-de-lis, a quartered shield containing birds in two corners and saltires in the others, further decorated with a central spiral flourish and two panels of geometric circles, the spout carved in the form of a mythical beast. View details Estimate£2,500 - £3,500StatusUnsold Lot 74 A Georgian Scottish blued and gilt dirk, 35cm double fullered blade by John Bell of Perth, blued and gilt along 95% of its length and decorated with scrolling foliage, a clan warrior, stands of arms and a crowned laurel wreath containing a thistle with a garter surround containing the motto NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSET the motto of the Royal Stuarts, the white metal mounted wooden hilt carved in the form of a serpent, the pommel set with a stone, contained in a re-leathered scabbard with associated k View details Estimate£5,000 - £7,000Winning Bid£6,550StatusCLOSED Lot 75 A fine 92nd Highlander's Officer's dirk, 28cm fullered blade with faceted back edge, etched with scrolling foliage, regimental motifs and full battle honours, carved basket weave grip set with white metal studs, pierced white metal pommel set with a large faceted stone on acanthus leaf supports, contained in its white metal mounted black leather scabbard decorated with regimental motifs and applied with thistles, complete with companion knife and fork decorated to match. View details Estimate£3,000 - £4,000StatusUnsold Lot 76 A 17th Century ivory mounted Scottish dirk, 38cm heavy single fullered blade, characteristic shouldered ivory waisted grip flaring to a flat steel pommel cap secured with a cross nut and incised with a saltire. View details Estimate£4,000 - £5,000StatusUnsold Lot 77 A late 17th or early 18th Century Scottish dirk, 29cm blade incised with three notches along the back edge, characteristic carved wooden hilt with high shoulders of ballock style, the grip carved with three bands of basket weave, brass capped pommel. The grip cracked around the mid-point, several worm holes, the brass pommel cap and tang button possibly later. View details Estimate£600 - £800Winning Bid£1,050StatusCLOSED Lot 78 A mid to late 18th Century Scottish dirk, 33.5cm blade, characteristic carved wooden hilt decorated with Celtic strap work and set with brass studs, brass collar and shoulders, brass pommel cap. View details Estimate£350 - £450Winning Bid£1,480StatusCLOSED Lot 79 A mid-18th Century Scottish dirk, 33.cm fullered blade manufactured from a cut down sword blade, characteristic carved wooden hilt decorated with basket weave and set with brass studs, iron pommel cap. Splitting to shoulder of grip and upper part of grip replaced(?) View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£550StatusCLOSED Lot 80 A composite 19th Century Scottish dirk in an earlier manner, 35.5cm blade formed from an earlier blade, characteristic carved wooden hilt decorated with basket weave and a thistle, brass pommel cap. View details Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£400StatusCLOSED Lot 81 A mid-18th Century Scottish dirk, 39cm fullered blade, double edged from the mid-point, characteristic wooden hilt boldly carved with basket weave and set with white metal studs, the high shoulders with white metal mounts, brass and white metal mounted disc pommel, wheel-carved to the underside, contained in its white metal mounted leather scabbard with tooled decoration over the whole, complete with companion knife and fork decorated to match. View details Estimate£2,500 - £3,500Winning Bid£2,500StatusCLOSED Lot 82 A Georgian Scottish dirk, 35cm fullered blade, characteristic carved basket weave hilt set with copper studs, further decorated a stylised fleur-de-lis, copper wheel pommel, the lower mount engraved G Hunter Army Contractor Parl. Sqre. Edinburgh, contained in its engraved and pierced copper mounted scabbard, the upper mount incorporating a fleur-de-lis and the motto ICH DIEN, complete with companion knife and fork. Pommel and grip wormed, which will require restoration, leather worn and partly r View details Estimate£400 - £600Winning Bid£1,400StatusCLOSED Lot 83 A white metal mounted Scottish dirk, 26.5cm clean blade with faceted back edge, characteristic carved wooden grip decorated with a basket weave design, flat white metal pommel cap decorated with panels of Celtic strap work and dragons, contained in its white metal mounted black leather scabbard decorated to match, complete with companion knife and fork. View details Estimate£500 - £700Winning Bid£500StatusCLOSED Lot 84 A half size dirk to the 71st Highland Light Infantry, 16cm flattened diamond section blade, characteristic carved wooden hilt decorated with basket weave and set with studs, white metal mounted pommel set with a stone, contained in its white metal mounted scabbard, the mounts decorated with sprays of thistles. Blade grey and leather worn and parting, together with a reconfigured earlier dirk with 20cm blade, worn carved basket weave wooden hilt with brass mounted pommel set with white metal stud View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£470StatusCLOSED Lot 85 An early 20th Century etched Piper's dirk, 30.5cm blade by ROBT MOLE & SONS, Manufacturers Birmingham, etched with panels of scrolling thistles, various Ordnance stamps and dated 9 04, pitted, regulation wooden hilt carved with basket weave and set with white metal studs, the pommel with raised King's crown, contained in its white metal mounted leather scabbard, complete with bullion and leather suspension strap. View details Estimate£250 - £350Winning Bid£360StatusCLOSED Lot 86 Two hall marked silver sgian-dubh, the first with 18.5cm fullered blade with faceted back edge, grey stained, characteristic carved wooden hilt decorated with basket weave, the pommel set with a stone, contained in its pierced Celtic strap work mounted leather scabbard, the upper mount hallmarked Edinburgh 1900 and bearing the maker's mark of TJ, together with another similar, later, also of silver and bearing maker's mark T.E. The former with pinned repair to pommel. (2) View details Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£460StatusCLOSED Lot 87 A white metal mounted sgian-dubh to the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders, 10cm fullered blade with faceted back edge, characteristic white metal mounted carved wooden basket weave grip, set with white metal studs and the regimental motif, the pommel set with a stone, contained in its white metal mounted leather wrapped wooden scabbard decorated with Celtic symbolism. View details Estimate£300 - £400Winning Bid£310StatusCLOSED Lot 88 A fine and rare 17th Century left handed snaphaunce Scottish belt pistol dated 1648, 13inch four-stage barrel with reeded breech and ring turn bordered faceted section towards the muzzle, bevelled brass lock with border and scroll engraved decoration the edge of the pan dated 1648, flat cock with incised linear decoration, three-quarters stock of iron with incised linear decoration, ram's horn butt with integral pricker with pierced spherical terminal, ring turned bulb-shaped trigger, single pie View details Estimate£8,000 - £10,000StatusUnsold Lot 89 A rare 19th Century all steel Scottish flintlock belt pistol manufactured to commemorate the visit of George IV to Scotland, 7inch tapering three-stage barrel, faceted at the breech and the flared muzzle, the central section engraved with scrolling foliage and a swag containing the legend KING JAMES AND SCOTLAND, further marked NO UNION, border and scroll engraved bolted action signed MACBEATH and dated 1730, full steel stock profusely decorated with panels of scrolling foliage, a mythical beast View details Estimate£4,000 - £6,000Winning Bid£3,600StatusCLOSED Lot 90 A scarce 54-bore Scottish percussion belt pistol composed entirely of tutenag by Martin of Glasgow, 6inch tapering tutenag barrel with ornate ring-turned muzzle, the whole profusely engraved with alternate panels of scrolling foliage and Celtic strapwork, border and scroll engraved signed steel lock plate, full tutenag stock profuseley engraved with panels of scrolling foliage and Celtic strapwork, slab sided tutenag butt engraved with oval panels containing stands of arms to either side, ram's View details Estimate£1,800 - £2,200Winning Bid£1,900StatusCLOSED Lot 91 A cased pair of fine quality 28-bore flintlock duelling pistols by Williams & Powell, 10.5inch sighted octagonal damscus barrels engraved 25 South Castle Street Liverpool on the top flat, the sights highlighted in gold, gold lined stepped breeches, foliate engraved barrel tangs, border engraved bolted locks signed and decorated with scrolling foliage, half-stocked with engraved steel and white metal mounts, brass capped wooden ramrods, contained in a brass bound Continental case with various acc View details Estimate£12,000 - £14,000StatusUnsold Lot 92 A cased pair of 17-bore flintlock duelling pistols by Hollis & Sons, 9inch sighted octagonal barrels etched with panels of vines, chevrons and I. HOLLIS & SONS, LONDON, the breeches and barrel tangs decorated to match, border and scroll engraved, signed, stepped and bolted locks, rain proof pans, roller frizzens and French style cocks, half stocked with horn fore-end and butt caps, border and scroll engraved steel mounts, chequered grips, vacant oval white metal escutcheons, brass capped wooden View details Estimate£3,500 - £4,500Winning Bid£5,650StatusCLOSED Lot 93 A scarce pair of 20-bore silver mounted flintlock Queen Anne Coaching or Carriage Pistols by James Freeman, circa 1720, 3.75inch two-stage ring-turned tapering barrels, faceted breeches, each breech panel decorated with geometric borders and stylised stars, signed JAMES FREEMAN to the underside and LONDON on the top flat, border engraved bolted actions, the cocks decorated to match, thick wooden stocks carved about the barrel tangs, vacant ornate silver escutcheon, scarce long-eared silver butt View details Estimate£8,000 - £12,000Winning Bid£7,000StatusCLOSED Lot 94 A pair of 20-bore flintlock Queen Anne pistols by Harman, 5.5inch three-stage turn-off barrels, indistinctly marked J. HARMAN and LONDON at the breeches, border engraved actions, swollen bag-shaped wooden butts with vacant ornate white metal escutcheons and side plates, grotesque mask butt caps, trigger guard safeties. Both with pitting and one only functioning on half cock. Contained in a later storage box. View details Estimate£800 - £1,200Winning Bid£920StatusCLOSED Lot 95 A 20-bore silver mounted flintlock holster pistol by Edward North, 8inch slightly swamped brass barrel engraved ROYAL EXCHANGE LONDON on the top flat, border engraved signed bevelled lock, full stock, fore-end cracked, full silver mounts to include grotesque mask butt cap, pierced stand of arms sideplate, foliate engraved trigger guard with scallop terminal, ramrod pipes, later horn capped wooden ramrod. View details Estimate£1,200 - £1,500Winning Bid£1,250StatusCLOSED Lot 96 An early 18th Century 22-bore Dutch Utrecht flintlock holster pistol, 11.5inch tapering sighted barrel decorated with three brass bands, the breech stamped IH and with the mark of UTRECHT, stepped lock, patinated but bearing traces of UTRECHT and a signature, full stock foliate carved about the brass mounts, pierced rococo side-plate, long-eared butt cap set with a grotesque mask. Circa 1710-20 virtually identical to several examples produced by Barend Penterman. Generally patinated and with dam View details Estimate£700 - £900StatusUnsold Items per page 122448 Previous|12345678|Next Previous 12345678 Next Previous 12345678 Next