AUCTIONS IMPERIAL ARMS & ARMOR 2014

Wooden grip engraved brass mounts, long straight blade with inlaid brass seven stars motif. In its matching scabbard with chain attached. Beginning of

With wooden grips and curved, handforged blade.In its scabbard. Some wear, pommel lacking. Mid- 19th century.Overall length 86.6 cm. Condition III

With brass furniture, hardwood stock and engraved lock and barrel. Mid-18th century.Minor wear.Overall length 51.5 cm. Condition II

With brass furniture, hardwood stock and engraved lock and barrel. Mid-18th century. Some wear. Overall length 43.1 cm. Condition III

Of splinted type, composed of five rectangular plates, the longest with raised central ridge, each connected by bands of riveted mail terminating in a

Mounts silvered overall with panels of fine filigree and niello. Trifullered, double-edged blade. Mid-20th century. Some wear. Overall length 48.4 cm.

A form endemic to the Bhil people of Central India, the steel head forged with multiple points, the socket engraved and wrought with a pronounced flan

A very rare example, the characteristic profiled horn grips with scrolled pommel and inlaid brass wire.The blade likely Spanish with broad central ful

The bone pommel well-aged, fitted with a straight, double-edged 17th century Spanish or German blade, triple fullered at the forte and incised with a

A form endemic to the Bhil people of Central India, the steel head forged with a convex bit, the socket wrought with a pronounced flange. On its hardw

With characteristic brass mounts, wooden grip and lightly-curved, single-edged blade.With profuse marks including ZLATOUST, Imperial double-headed eag

All of brass with incised decorations, two with plungers. First half of the 18th century. Worn. Length of longest 15 cm. Condition II

A larger than average example of characteristic form, with flared bone pommel and grips.The heavy, single-edged blade of actively-patterned wootz stee

Of characteristic form with brass three-branch guard and twisted wire wrap to grip. Lightly curved, single-edged and fullered blade. Marked on the gua

With rare double crescent-form heads, well-chiseled with scrolling borders and cartouches containing hunting falcons. The base of the topspike wrought

Intended both for warfare and sacrifice, the hilt with profiled steel pommel and guard and cylindrical grip.Fullered blade of characteristic form, exp

Intended both for warfare and sacrifice, the hilt with profiled steel pommel and guard and cylindrical grip. The massive, bifullered blade of characte

A large example, with wooden grip, mounted entirely in finely engraved silver. The curved blade with long backedge.Latter 19th century. Light wear. Ov

Composed of 20 articulated pieces, each very delicately engraved, nielloed and gilded. On its original rawhide strap.Late 19th century.Slight wear to

With Old Indian-style baskethilt, typical spiked projection at pommel. The long, straight, single-edged blade lightly bifullered.Latter-18th century.S