AUCTION 45: ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOR

The blade of this sword dates from the 18th century and is typical in shape for a yataghan. Both sides have been inlaid with silver along their entire

A yataghan with the characteristic horizontal eared pommel of the Zeybek people. The blade is of the characteristic yataghan shape and bears an Arabic

A matching pair of Chinese jian swords held in a single scabbard. The swords are detailed only on the outwardly facing side, while the reverse lacks s

This is Ottoman 'kilij' sword's blade is undecorated but has an interesting, rounded spine for most of its length with the last 6 3/4 in...

An Indian talwar of the 19th century, possibly from the time of the 'Indian Mutiny'. The handle is decorated with engraving on each side, on...

A Russian officer's shashka with an 18th-century blade and the cipher of Nicholas II on the pommel. The blade is a European sabre blade engraved...

A shashka with a lightly decorated wood handle, bearing gilt-silver wire decoration and a niello plate at the pommel. The blade is engraved on either

Shashka with scabbard, East Transcaucasia, 1850s-1860s. These types of swords were ordered by officers of the Russian Imperial Army serving in the Cau

This is an 18th-century Caucasian shashka with a very well-preserved double-fullered blade. On both sides of the base of the blade, set below a depict

This Imperial Russian shashka is unusual in that the blade is younger than the handle that it is set within, implying a loss of the handle's ori...