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

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

The iron hilt with substantial remains of silver inlay, the waved blade chiseled and inlaid with a large cartouche containing the Hindu god Krishna. 1

With hardwood grips and steel mounts inlaid with silver, the broad, single-edged blade wrought of crystalline wootz steel. First half of the 20th cent

T?Boli People, the brass hilt of characteristic form with elaborate embellishments, the handforged blade of kampilan form. In its wooden scabbard with

Of a form seldom encountered, the curved steel blade set in a wooden handle decorated with tufts of hair. In its carved wooden scabbard.Latter 19th ce

The double crescent-form heads etched with elaborate floral panels surrounding birds and a king in the central cartouche on each side, and heightened

Typically worn by officers from WWI-WWII, brass-mounted, with an applied medal of St. Andrew to the grip.Polished steel blade.In its matching scabbard

An earlier example than typically encountered, the mounts well-wrought in brass, the waisted grip with pronounced central ridge, the scabbard with sep

Of molded rawhide with separately-applied grip, the obverse with characteristic geometrical tooled motifs overall.Retains its pendent strap.Mid 19th c

The handwrought steel head with central ridge, the socket embellished with a goathide panel. Bamboo haft.Latter 19th century.Worn.Overall length 145.5

Formed of hardened leather in three integral sections.Mid-19th century.Worn.Overall length 18 cm. Condition III

The staghorn grip of unusual form, pommel elaborately carved with aso and tuba motifs, the grip wrapped with rattan. The hardwood scabbard with carved

The short, straight, double-edged blade with evidence of sharpening, the brass mounts well profiled and fitted with a beltclip, possibly Native Americ

Wrought of brass with pierced and engraved decoration to the obverse, the woven sling intact.Latter 19th century. Light wear. Overall length 19 cm. Co

Qajar Dynasty, raised from a single plate and deeply etched overall with birds amongst foliate panels within calligraphic borders. Mid-19th century.Wo

With silvered grip and scabbard finely embossed and engraved with dragons and clouds, fitted with a straight, single-edged trade blade with maker?s ma

From Aceh, wrought entirely of brass. With rolled edge, embellished with seven applied stars and decorated overall with vinework. Mid-19th century.Dia

The wooden grip and scabbard well carved, the blade handforged and chisel-edged. Late 19th-early 20th century. Overall length 62 cm. Condition I

An unusually complete example of First Afghan War era, the stock of characteristic form and heavily embellished in engraved brass. The captured Britis

The handforged head of characteristic form with waved edges and central panel showing evidence of pattern-welding.Retained to its continuously-taperin

Shield-shaped, construction with engraved motifs overall and applied rosette to the center.With belt loop to the reverse.First quarter of the 19th cen

The heavy hide waistband set with a tongued buckle and five curved and profiled steel plates, each heavily inlaid with silver in characteristic geomet

Igorot People, of characteristic form, carved wood with integral grip to reverse and strengthened with four plaited rattan bands. Mid-19th century.Wor

The horn grip inlaid in geometrical motifs. With curved steel blade and brass scabbard. Late 19th-early 20th century.Overall length 28.5 cm. Condition

The pierced half-basket hilt and mushroom pommel of nickeled brass with wooden grip, the fullered blade with blunted edge and rebated tip. Mid-19th ce

The green-stained horn grip with hooked pommel, profiled and inlaid with brass studs and rosettes, with broad, with rare pattern-welded, single-edged

Both brass, the first of classic form, engraved overall. The second with fitted cover and incised decoration. 19th century. Worn.Overall length of the

Massive examples, wrought entirely of steel with deeply-profiled tread plate and inlaid overall with silver. Retaining their original leather straps w

A massive example with quadrangular section, waisted blade, with profiled base and lengthy socket.Late 19th century.Patinated overall.Overall length 8

Characteristic of Tanjore work, the distinctive guard forged with high central ridge and chiseled borders, with monster?s head finial. The reinforces

Of characteristic form with walnut stock, the heavy silver mounts embossed and engraved in scrolls and vegetal motifs, the flintlock mechanism and bar

A massive example made for presentation to a datu or chief. The grip carved of a single, large section of elephant, the silver mounts finely filigreed

Of characteristic form with flared wooden grip, the arched pommel and scabbard wrought entirely of silver and finely engraved overall. The curved blad

With leather-wrapped grip and steel crossguard.The long, straight, double-edged blade with three fuller.Overall length 103 cm. Condition III

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

An unusually large example, the grip elaborately inlaid with brass studs, rosettes and corals, the broad, well-forged blade struck with a maker?s mark

The steel head forged with three blades, the outer ones undulating, inlaid overall with running vine motifs in silver. On its hardwood haft.Late 19th

A fine example with exotic hardwood grip, the pommel flared and scrolled, with cord-wrapped grip and silver ferrule which neatly retain the silver bak

Of characteristic hemispherical form with top spike, adjustable nasal bar, and plume tubes, embellished with engraved bands of spiral flowering vines

Mounted and decorated en suite, with one straight and two curved blades, each with stepped bone grips, the blades with elaborate etched Arabic inscrip

An earlier than average example, with engraved iron mounts and elaborately-carved walnut stock, the butt with silver wire inlay work and filigreed sil

With large, stepped horn grips typical of Balkan work, the gilded tangband and reinforces embossed and engraved. The massive, single-edged recurved bl

The fluted horn grips with hooked pommel and steel bolsters, the heavy, handforged blade with T-back. In its embossed leather-covered scabbard with st

The hardwood stock with characteristic flared butt, lavishly inlaid with bone and horn in repeating chevron patterns. With massive flintlock mechanism

Of thick, hardened hide, set with numerous large, geometrical brass mounts and studs, stamped with birdseye motifs and profiled throughout. Mid-19th c

Wrought entirely of silver, finely engraved and nielloed overall. The grip formed as a saber hilt with the characteristic pommel a fully-modeled leopa

The guarded brass hilt elaborately-profiled, with lotus-bud terminal.The blade of flattened diamond section, recurved and double-edged. In its leather

The hilt with elephant grips and profiled steel bolsters, the broad, T-backed blade with silver inlaid panels at either side of the forte. In its leat

The fitted black leather case bordered in green with filigreed silver clasp, containing 10 finely-faceted chargers with elaborately chased and engrave

Of a quality rarely encountered in boy?s weapons, mounted entirely in filigreed silver. The curved, double-edged blade with central rib, wooden scabba

A rare form, stocked entirely in finely-engraved steel, the butt covered in profiled and chiseled brass plaques containing panels of mother of pearl a

A rare type, of robust dimensions with characteristic waisted walrus grip, the straight and continuously tapering double-edged blade wrought of active

Lightly-domed and composed of thick cording on a metallic weft in yellow with prominent geometrical designs in blue, with iron rim and four steel boss

With hardwood stock, set throughout with brass rosettes and studs most typically found on shishanas. The heavy silver mounts embossed and engraved in

With beaked brass pommel and ferrule engraved and lacquered red, the grips of green hardstone. The broad, T-backed blade with chamfered cutting edge .

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

A massive example, the hilt finely forged and chiseled overall in vegetal motifs; with fullered, double-edged blade. 17th century. Overall length 52.2

Of characteristic form with flared elephant pommel and grips, the tangband and bolsters of engraved silver. The heavy, single-edged blade with etched

Of characteristic form, the hardwood stock mounted in brass decorated with punchwork, with a green velvet strip encircling the butt. The miquelet lock

Of characteristic form, the hilt and reinforces wrought entirely of embossed and engraved silver with flowering vines and stands of arms. The long, st

The horse?s hoof-type pommel set with panels of okir-engraved mother of pearl, the cord-wrapped grip with silver ferrule and baka-baka. The straight,

A massive example, rarely encountered. The Old Indian-type hilt composed of iron and brass with broad guard and flared pommel, and long, pierced reinf

With characteristic flared butt, inlaid throughout with bands of profiled bone and horn. The massive British flintlock mechanism with Tower lion mark,

Wrought entirely of steel, the head with armor-piercing tip, the segmented haft with gold and silver inlaid panels and wrenched grip, the profiled pol

The green-stained horn grip with peaked pommel, elaborately profiled and inlaid with brass studs and rosettes, with broad, single-edged blade. In its

Of Afedali type, the hardwood stock of characteristic form, with broadly-flared butt. Mounted with a well-made, locally-produced snaphaunce lock featu

A robust example of the type, with polished horn grips and steel bolsters, the single-edged blade forged of finely patterned silver-gray wootzdamascus

Probably Cossack work, the hardwood stock elaborately inlaid with mother of pearl lozenges and disks between lineal bone or antler divisions. With cha

The grip finely carved, with rolled pommel and lotus motifs in relief. The recurved, single-edged blade forged of actively-patterned wootzdamascus ste

Likely Sikh work, the silver hilt of Punjabi form, the single-edged blade expanding continuously to a clipped tip. Forte struck with two marks, the fi

The actively-grained hardwood stock of characteristic form, inlaid with brass appliques, including the crescent moon and star. The miquelet lock with

With horn grips mounted in nielloed silver, the straight, double-edged and fullered blade with acute tip. In its velvet-covered wooden scabbard with l

With good overall patina, and characteristic lunule-form pommel with stepped grip, the straight double-edged retains some original sharpness. 800-1200

Of brass, shield-shaped, with the obverse and cap cast in relief with city gates and stands of arms. First half of the 19th century.Worn.Overall heigh

Of characteristic form with flared wooden grip, the arched pommel and scabbard wrought entirely of brass with finely-engraved silver appliques. The cu

The grip of figured hardwood, the finely-forged blade well-fullered and minutely pierced at the forte.In its scabbard with figured hardwood chape and

Of typical form, wrought entirely of finely engraved and nielloed silver.The double-edged blade with acutely tapering tip and offset fullers.First qua

Of Taouzilt type, the hardwood stock of characteristic form, with flattened applied elephant butt struck with birdseye charms. Mounted with a well-mad

Comprised of an exceptionally well-detailed and embellished helmet, shield and armguard, finely decorated en suite with scenes from Persian history an