Auctions Imperial Arms and Armor 2015

The horn grips mounted in engraved and nielloed silver, the bosses en suite. The handwrought, straight, double-edged blade with central fuller and lon

The forged steel head of characteristic form, with expanding octagonal peen and heavy armor-piercing spike. On its original hardwood haft. Mid 17th ce

With brass mounts, the backstrap with applied silver officer’s family mon, the leather grip with wire wrap raveling. The fullered and nickeled blade i

A large example, with crested banati wood grip and silvered ferrule and handforged blade. In its well-carved wooden scabbard. Early 20th century. Wear

The red-lacquered wooden grip with engraved and nielloed mounts. Retains its original lash. First half of the 19th century. Light wear. Overall length

The actively-grained hardwood stock of characteristic form, the butt paved overall with brass rosettes. The miquelet lock elaborately inlaid with gold

A large example of classic form, the engraved brass hilt with steel ferrule and deeply-bellied, single-edged blade elaborately engraved and inlaid wit

Covered in velvet and lavishly embroidered in silver, containing seven arrows, some painted and retaining fletchings, all fitted with finely-forged st

A large example, earlier than often encountered. Italian work for the Balkan market, with embellished steel mounts and characteristic lock, hardwood

From southeastern Mindanao, the grip carved of figured hardwood with chain dangles, the wooden scabbard with engraved copper bands, complex beaded tex

The hardwood stock with flared bone butt. The flintlock mechanism inlaid with brass star and crescent motifs, the barrel likewise inlaid with brass ge

Carved from a single section of rootwood with characteristic polylobate head and rounded terminal, the grip with elaborate geometrical designs. Second

A massive example with polished staghorn grips and brass bosses, the straight, double-edged blade with offset fuller to each side, and elaborately inl

The symmetrical staghorn grip with flared and stepped bolsters, the curved, double-edged blades etched overall with pious Arabic inscriptions. A type

With characteristic applied rounded butt, inlaid with mother of pearl throughout and mounted in engraved silver with iron and copper bands. The octago

A massive example, the iron hilt finely inlaid in elaborate silver flowering vinework overall. The broad blade forged of pattern-welded damascus steel

The rosewood stock of characteristic form with expanded butt. With profiled and pierced trigger, the brass barrel bands retaining the forearm sheathin

Likely Tausug People. The grip carved of banati wood with kakatua pommel and silver ferrule. The handforged single-edged blade with active damascus st

Probably made at Mecca, of better than average quality with hilt and scabbard covered in finely filigreed and engraved silver, the broad blade wrought

The stock elaborately inlaid with carved bone flowers and geometrical decorations and white metal pellets and plaques. Some mounts adapted from an Imp