AUCTIONS IMPERIAL ARMS & ARMOR 2014

An elaborate example, with engraved brass mounts and well-carved walnut stock, the grip with silver wire inlay work and filigreed silver escutcheon pl

A massive example with elegantly-wrought iron grip terminating in a finely-modeled parrot's head, inlaid overall in heavy gold with flowering vi...

The hardwood stock with characteristic flared butt, inlaid with silver wire in geometrical motifs. With massive British flintlock mechanism marked 181

Of characteristic form, with horn grip terminating in a broad, hooked pommel, the iron guard with rolled quillons and recurved knucklebow. The single-

The dark horn hilt eared and studded with brass nails, the broad blade finely fullered on the right face, with a single fuller on the left. In its sil

Of characteristic form, with rhino grip terminating in a broad, hooked pommel, the iron guard with rolled quillons and recurved knucklebow. The single

A rare type, the hardwood fullstock elaborately inlaid with studs in geometrical patterns, the lock of European type. Octagonal barrel with swamped mu

A very rarely encountered example of Kurdish work, the horn grip capped in profiled and engraved silver, the handforged blade of characteristic form.

An unusually good example, the horn grip elaborately mounted in silver, the straight, well-forged blade engraved with a Qur?anic inscription and later

Of robust form, with hardwood stock and brass furniture. Wire inlay. Mid-18th century. Some wear. Overall length 44 cm. Condition III

Of characteristic form, with horn grip terminating in a broad, angled pommel set with brass studs, the guard with rolled quillons and recurved knuckle

With horn grips and fullered steel blade.In its brass-mounted scabbard.Early-19th century. Worn.Overall length 95 cm. Condition III

Syrian work, a massive example with embellished steel mounts. In its matching scabbard.Late 19th- 20th century.Overall length 106.4 cm. Condition II

Hardwood stock with brass furniture and flintlock mechanism.Steel barrel with silver inlay.Mid-19th century.Overall length 47.7 cm. Some wear. Conditi

Hardwood stock with flintlock mechanism.Steel barrel.Mid-19th century.Overall length 49 cm. Some wear. Condition III

Hardwood stock with brass furniture and flintlock mechanism and steel barrel.Mid-19th century.Overall length 49.2 cm. Some wear. Condition III

With horn grips and blade etched with Islamic inscriptions. In its scabbard with brass mounts. Some wear, pommel lacking. Latter 19th century.Overall

Dating to the Greek War of Independence, the wooden stock with profiled iron mounts and brass bands, the miquelet lock of native manufacture.Barrel oc

Wooden stock with bone inlay, brass furniture and flintlock mechanism. Steel barrel.Mid-19th century.Overall length 49.6 cm. Some wear. Condition III

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 faceted glass grip and ferrule inlaid with gold, the blade forged of fine Persian wootz steel. Early 19th century. Light wear. Overall length 25

With dark wood grips and rolled pommel with fingerstalls, the brass guard elaborately embellished. The curved, single-edged blade etched at the forte

The grip of typical form, carved of a single large section of horn, the blade lightly curved and double-edged, with a pronounced central ridge and etc

Balkan work, the elephant grips with large ears, silver mounts embossed and engraved in baroque motifs, the single-edged recurved blade with an inlaid

With elaborately engraved silver mounts and horn grip, the curved blade with distinct central ridge. In its matching scabbard.Late 19th-early 20th cen

With hardwood stock of typical form and native-made percussion lock, with good heirloom Persian damascus steel barrel chiseled at the breech and muzzl

Of typical form with well-carved walnut stock, the heavy brass mounts with scrolling and stands of arms, the flintlock mechanism and barrel engraved i

With elegant Indian baskethilt, the broad, single-edged blade terminating in an obtusely-angled tip with pronounced back edge, mounted with a set of p

Mounted in brass, with well-forged fullered blade.In its matching scabbard. Mid-19th century. Tip shortened, light wear. Overall length 91.5 cm. Condi

With characteristic curved hardwood stock, profusely inlaid with bone and ebony in geometrical motifs.With large flintlock mechanism, the barrel retai

A rare example of extreme length made for use with a musket. The handforged iron grip with spherical pommel and engraved grip, the iron shaft with app

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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 elephant grips and brass tangband with profiled terminal and toggle. The handforged blade recurved, with raised, chamfered cutting edge and chise

Of typical form with flared pommel, the entire hilt inlaid in delicate bands of flowering vines in gold, the single-edged blade forged of actively-gra

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 long, heavy, handforged blade with distinctive curve, expanded tip and chamfered edge showing its layered construction, the wooden grip with carve

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

The handwrought head of characteristic form with forged-in central panel showing traces of pattern-welding. Retained to the well-patinated bamboo haft