AUCTIONS IMPERIAL ARMS & ARMOR 2014

With wooden grip and single-edged blade.In its scabbard with applied bands. Early 20th century. Light wear. Overall length 63.4 cm. Condition II

Visayan, the horn grip terminating in a characteristic monsterhead with numerous inlays and heavy single-edged blade.In its wooden scabbard.Mid-20th c

Wooden grip with chip to pommel, finely forged recurved blade with central ridge and fullers. In its hide scabbard with belt intact.Mid-19th century.W

The steel hilt of characteristic form, with profiled pommel and quillon finials.The handforged blade curved and single-edged.Late 18th-early 19th cent

With horn grips and recurved, inlaid blade, brass mounts. Early 19th century.Overall length 75.2 cm. Worn. Condition III

Balkan work, the horn grips with large ears and single-edged recurved blade with fuller at the spine. 19th century. Bolsters lacking, blade lightly pi

Wood stock with flared butt inlaid with mother of pearl, percussion lock, mounts and barrel elaborately inlaid in brass in foliate motifs with inscrip

With carved hardwood stock and brass furniture.Latter 18th century. Cock lacking. Worn.Overall length 48.1 cm. Condition IV

With hardwood stock and native mechanism. Chinese trade barrel. Late 19th century.Worn.Overall length 69.4 cm. Condition III

Steel, with fluted panel to breast and brass rivets.Mid-late 20th century. Light wear. Height 48.9 cm. Condition II

Of hammered copper, engraved overall in concentric foliate and floral bands, with rolled rim. Mid-19th century .Overall diameter 37.5 cm. Condition II

The hemispherical bowl forged of a single piece of steel, with robust nasal and brass finial. The camail of riveted rings.Mid-19th century .Worn overa

Archaistic style, carved of seven articulated pieces terminating in a horse?s head. Qing Dynasty or later.Overall length 22.5 cm. Condition II

Handle of silver with niello and filigree, curved double-edged blade with multifullers. 84 silvermark to reverse of handle.Latter 19th century.Minor w

With bifurcate blades, each with flamboyant edges and a central ridge, elaborately etched overall with Arabic inscriptions and animals at the forte. S

With disk pommel and guard, blade flares strongly at the tip. Mid-late 17th century. Worn, pitted. Overall length 69 cm. Condition IV

All of brass, including two priming flasks and a grease box with fitted cap, each incised overall in geometrical designs. Early 19th century.Worn.Heig

With brass three-branch guard and pommel, the straight, bifullered blade with markings to spine (now illegible) and struck on the forte and guard with

With blades of double-headed crescent form etched with calligraphy and figures from Persian mythology. On its steel haft with spike finial. Beginning

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marked at the forte and scabbard locket with Devanagari designations, and struck with the British broad arrow mark. In its original leather and brass

Of brass, shield-shaped, with the obverse and cap cast in relief with a Greek revolutionary in characteristic headdress and fustanella captured by thr

Of characteristic form, the steel grip and scabbard mounts elaborately inlaid with silver in geometrical motifs. The heavy, curved, double-edged blade

The grips of mottled hardstonehardstone with brass mounts embellished with engraving and red pigment. The curved, fullered blade with chamfered edge.I

With rattan-bound wooden grip and native-wrought single-edged blade.In its scabbard with applied bands.Late 19th century. Light wear. Overall length 5

Of typical Montagnard form with angled butt, the stock of figured hardwood, the barrel likely Chinese workmanship, retained by a number of brass and s

The crescent-form head lavishly inlaid with floral and geometrical panels in silver on each side, as is the flared and profiled peen. The haft with el

Igorot People, the heavy, barbed head handforged, with metal ferrule and tapered hardwood haft. Late 19th century.Worn. Overall length 147 cm Conditio

Handshaped, with feather fletchings.One with a paddle-shaped blade, the other a hardwood spike.Each in two pieces with copper sleeve for display.Begin

With unit marks struck on the guard. Heavily worn overall.Latter 19th century. Overall length 97 cm. Condition V

All steel, with curved blade, well engraved overall. Mid- 19th century.Overall length 86.9 cm. Condition II

All steel, with curved blade, well engraved overall. Mid- 19th century.Overall length 83 cm. Condition II

All steel, handforged blade with black velvet scabbard. Mid-19th century.Overall length 91 cm. Condition II

All steel, with curved blade, well engraved overall. Mid- 19th century.Overall length 82 cm. Condition II

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

Likely Taiwanese, of carved horn, with painted bands. The cap acts as a measure. On its hide sling.Mid-19th century.Worn, leather torn.Overall length

With rubber grips, struck with numerals at pommel and maker?s mark at forte. In its leather sheath with steel mounts.Late 19th-early 20th century.Over

Of typical form, the hilt and blade profusely marked. Dated 1880 on the spine. In its matching scabbard.Latter 19th century. General wear overall. Ove

With yataghan-form blade. Numerous marks to blade and hilt, dated 1874 on spine. In its steel scabbard.Latter 19th century. Some wear. Overall length

Framed, and including a photo of a doughboy, dating from WWI and later. 20th century. Overall length of frame 40 cm. Condition II

Of leather, with implements and shoulder strap.Early 20th century.Worn.Overall length 59.5 cm. Condition III

Of brass, with stamped and applied embellishments, set with a turquoise. Early 19th century. Light wear. Overal height 12.5 cm. Condition II

Of finely-tooled rawhide with the Persian shir-e khorshid, or lion and sun crest, and geometrical motifs overall.Retains its buckled suspension strap.

The first of horn with engraved brass mounts, the second of rawhide with incised motifs. 19th century. Worn.The first cm 32.1 long. Condition VI

Both brass, engraved overall. Early 20th century.Overall length of longest 23 cm. Condition II

Of characteristic form, expanded at the forte and midsection, and forged of dramatically-patterned pamor, with a lengthy spike tang. The hardwood scab

With characteristic forged steel blade and butt and wooden grip. First half of the 20th century.Worn overall.Overall length 194 cm. Condition III

Igorot People, with steel head and wooden haft. First half of the 20th century. Light wear. Overall length 59 cm. Condition II

With steel head and octagonal haft.First half of the 20th century. Light wear. Overall length 104.5 cm. Condition II

Horn grip with pommel carved as an officer?s head. Heavy, single-edged blade.Tooled leather scabbard.Beginning of the 20th century.Minor wear.Overall

Horn grip with pommel carved as an officer?s head. Heavy blade with clipped tip.Leather scabbard.Beginning of the 20th century.Minor wear.Overall leng

Horn grips, brass mounts with lock, steel blade. Mid-19th century. Light wear. Overall length 32 cm. Condition II

With embellished mounts and steel blade. Early 20th century. Light wear. Overall length 33.3 cm. Condition II

With elephant grips and handforged blade.Early 19th century. Worn, blade pitted. Overall length 30.4 cm. Condition III

Steel mounts and blade with silver inlay. In its matching scabbard.Latter 19th century.Worn.Overall length 28.2 cm. Condition III

The grip with rolled pommel carved of green hardstone, with mother of pearl panels and brass guard, secured by a latch on the brass locket of the velv

With engraved silver and brass mounts and curved blade. Latter 19th century. Worn, blade pitted. Overall length 42 cm. Condition III

Wood grip with engraved silver and brass mounts and curved blade. In its matching scabbard.Latter 19th century.Worn.Overall length 40.5 cm. Condition

With fluted and engraved white metal hilt and curved, double-edged blade. In its matching scabbard.Latter 19th century. Light wear. Overall length 37

Of characteristic form, the steel grip and scabbard elaborately inlaid with silver in geometrical motifs. The curved, double-edged blade decorated en

With hardwood grip, the fine blade with expanded tip.In its hide scabbard.Mid-19th century. Some wear. Overall length 26 cm. Condition III

With ebony handle and broad blade, the leather scabbard with braided armband. Late 19th century.Losses to pommel.Overall length 29.4 cm. Condition IV

With wood grip and forged steel blade.In its leather scabbard.Latter 19th century. Pommel chipped, blade pitted. Overall length 23 cm. Condition III

With carved exotic hardwood grip and broad, handforged blade with engraved okir motifs at the spine. In its matching scabbard.WW2-era.Overall length 6

With carved exotic hardwood grip and broad, handforged, layered blade. Latter 19th century. Losses to grip.Overall length 61 cm. Condition IV

With wooden grip and brass crossguard. The long, straight, double-edged blade of above-average quality, etched with Arabic calligraphy, including ALLA

A massive example, with horn grip and steel blade, the scabbard a single, large horn.Early 20th century.Worn.Overall length 69.1 cm. Condition II

Ngala People, with carved wooden grip and fine iron blade.Early 20th century.Worn.Overall length 67.5 cm.

Ngala People, with carved wooden grip and engraved iron blade.Early 20th century.Worn.Overall length 71.2 cm.

Ngombe People, with complex bladeform and fur-covered pommel.Latter 19th century.Worn.Overall length 65 cm. Condition III

From the film TARAS BULBA (1962,) cast in aluminum with remains of black paint. Mid-20th century. Light wear. Overall length 89.6 cm. Condition II

With ribbed grips and broad steel blade.In its leather-covered wooden scabbard. First half of the 19th century.Overall length 62 cm. Condition II

With horn grips and heavy blade.In its wooden scabbard.Mid-19th century. Worn, leather deteriorated. Overall length 80.5 cm. Condition IV

With horn grips and heavy blade.Mid-19th century.Overall length 75.3 cm. Condition II

Horn grips, wood bolsters, with broad handforged blade. Latter 19th century.Worn overall, bolster loose.Overall length 69.3 cm. Condition III

Benares work, engraved brass with red and blue enamel.Latter 19th century.Minor dents. Diameter 20.9 cm. Condition III

The curved case of brass with baroque motifs and hooked terminal, the broad blade with clipped tip etched with a flower on one side and a fish on the

With dagger and chopsticks, in its rayskin scabbard.Mid-19th century. Blade pitted. Overall length 37.9 cm. Condition III

Formed of a polished gourd, with nielloed silver cap, the plug intact.Mid-19th century.Overall height 9.9 cm. Condition I

Fancy carved horn handle with handforged watered blade and silver mounts. In its matching scabbard.Mid 19th century. Wear and repairs to silver. Overa

With carved and crested exotic hardwood grip and broad, handforged blade, the wooden scabbard with well-carved okir motifs. Late 19th - early 20th cen

With bone and horn grips and heavy blade.In its wooden scabbard with iron chape.Mid-19th century. Worn, leather deteriorated. Overall length 71.5 cm.

With well-carved grip and heavy single-edged blade. In its wooden scabbard carved with an American Eagle to the obverse and TRADE BY CAMILO ECLE ON AP

Ngombe People, with complex bladeform and fur-covered pommel.Latter 19th century.Worn.Overall length 63 cm. Condition II

Probably made at Sarajevo, the bone grips terminating in a rolled pommel and inlaid with brass. Broad, single-edged blade struck with a scimitar maker