AUCTION 45: ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOR

A Spanish sail dagger manufactured in the famous blade-smithing city of Toledo, in good condition and complete with original scabbard. The blade has a

This morbidly ornate dagger would have once belonged to a Freemason of the 19th century. The gilt quillons are styled as two crossed bones, while the

This 18th-century hunting dagger is engraved with both floral scrollwork and animal depictions, those being a stag on one side of the blade and a boar

This 18th century cuttoe style dagger bears matching engraved inscriptions on each side of the blade. At the top of the engraving is the phrase '...

Late 18th cen. German combination hunting dagger with flintlock pistol attached. Cast-bronze hilt with steel pommel, trigger guard, and clamshell guar

A French naval dagger with a straight double-edged diamond-shaped blade marked with "B" inspection stamp on the ricasso, brass cross-guard...

Brass hilt with D-shaped knuckle guard, dog-head-shaped finial, and clam depicting a dog hunting scene, stag horn handle, straight single-edged blade

A rare Napoleonic Era French jambiya dagger was made after the Egyptian Compain in 1789 when the French sword makers started to produce blades in a st

In the 15th century, French Renaissance-style dagger with elaborate gilt-bronze hilt crossguard and scabbard mounts. The pointy blade is of a flattene

A fine European (probably French) stiletto dagger, with a triangular-shaped blade and hand-carved bone handle. Ca. 1840. L: 7 1/2 in, (19 cm.) Very

A fine French Naval dirk with a double-edged flat-diamond-shaped blade, and lenticular ricasso, the blade is etched with anchor, panoply of arms and f

Gilt-brass pommel and cross guard, black bakelite handle, straight blade decorated with etching and engraving, gilt, and enamels, marked "TOLED...

A Spanish style sail dagger comprised primarily of steel, the slender blade having many decorative notches cut into it as well as having a raised midr

The front of the tsuba refers to the five traditional oriental elements that originate from China and are called 五行 (wu xing). The

An early Japanese katana sword with a clean unsigned blade. The says is finished with a dark-brown paint. Ca. 1930. L: 37 1/4 in., (95 cm.) Very goo

With a slightly curved blade of Damascus steel, the hilt is of silver alloy with engraved floral decoration. A Nagari inscription is engraved on the v

Of typical curved form with damascened blade and ornate handle; complete with velvet-clad sheath. L: 38 1/2 in., (100 cm.) The sword appears to be i

With Damascus steel slightly curved single-edged blade. With a gilt-bronze engraved hilt forming a Makara swallowing a fish. The scabbard is covered w

Gilt-silver hilt of the characteristic form, curved, single-edged watered steel blade, wood scabbard covered with the original dark-blue velvet with a

This is an early example of an Ottoman Empire karabela-type sword. The blade is slightly curved with a pronounced T-spine and yalman at the tip. The h