AUCTIONS IMPERIAL ARMS & ARMOR 2014

Well forged of articulated steel sections, the grip with fabric wrap. Early 20th century. Grip wrap replaced. Overall length 151.3 cm. Condition II

With characteristic steel hilt and broad, pattern-welded blade.Traces of goldwork to pommel.Mid-18th century.Overall length 84 cm. Condition II

Each of brass, with lid intact.Early 19th century.The largest 8 cm. Condition II

The faceted grip with silver wire wrap to base, and single-edged blade struck with marks. In its embroidered leather scabbard.Mid-19th century.Overall

With brass mounts, the well-forged, hollowground blade with chisel tip.In its wooden scabbard with woven suspension band intact.Latter 19th century. S

Of characteristic form with lime inlaid motifs and rattan bands to grip. First half of the 20th century.Worn.Overall length 76 cm. Condition III

The handwrought blade bound to the wooden grip with pitch and rattan. In its bark sheath, the hide applique pierced with aso motifs, with goathair fin

Of characteristic form, molded in thick hide with a complex series of ridges bordered in knobs, pigmented in a deep brown and tooled overall.The rever

A massive example, the steel hilt with knucklebow terminating in a monsterhead, the long, broad blade fullered, struck with maker?s marks and showing

Of a type found in the Transcaucasus and northern Iran, its design suggests it was used in place of the saber, probably for close fighting by infantry

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

Blacksmith work, formed of a thick iron plate.First half of the 19th century.Overall length 11.1 cm. Condition II

With embellished brass hilt of mameluke form, the curved, single-edged blade lightly struck with a name at the forte. Mid-19th century.Worn.Overall le

A form characteristic of the Bhil people of Central India. The large steel head forged with a broad bit, the socket with a narrow flange. On its paint

Of unusual form, with bone and hardwood grip and profiled brass mounts, with braod, double-edged blade. In its elaborately engraved brass and copper s

Of hammered copper, engraved overall in foliate floral cartouches, with rolled rim. Mid-19th century .Overall diameter 37.2 cm. Condition II

Carved entirely of wood with a wooden spring, and inlaid throughout with floral motifs in bone and ebony. Mid-19th century. Light wear. Overall length

The bone grip with rolled pommel, elaborately inlaid with brass studs and rosettes, the broad, well-forged blade struck with a maker?s mark in the for

Based on the Imperial Russian M 1881 Officer?s saber. Pommel and forte of blade struck with Persian numerals. In its steel scabbard.Early 20th century

Likely Taiwanese, of carved horn, with lacquered panels and geometrical motifs inlaid in soft metal.Mid-19th century.Overall length 24.3 cm. Condition