Auctions Imperial Arms and Armor 2015

Of shell type, the guard formed of two large, domed oval plates, the obverse chiseled with a lion amongst foliage and a pair of wild boars, the panels

A large example, with horn grips the fine, robust blade wrought of actively-patterned Persian black wootz damascus steel with goldwork on the bolsters

An unusually fine example of Epirus workmanship, the entire stock of silver, chiseled, engraved and gilded overall, in intricate baroque motifs involv

A high quality example of characteristic form, made for a member of the Ethiopian nobility and carried at the Emperor’s court. The body covered in vel

The hilt of characteristic form, with flared, fluted and profiled steel pommel , wooden grip and ferrule with large, double-looped guard with roed ed

With staghorn grips and iron bolsters, the blade with T-back and chamfered edge. In its wooden scabbard mounted entirely in punched and engraved brass

The heavy steel stirrup hilt with rolled quillon, maker marked SESSO A TORINO and ebony grip with fingerstalls. The heirloom Persian blade etched at e

A massive example, the solid silver hilt showing Epirus workmanship, engraved and nielloed overall with garlands and stands of arms on each side. The

The large, Visayan tenegre-type blade very well forged, displaying layering and a hardened, chisel edge, the silver ferrule Moro work, and the fine ho

Very seldom found on the market, the walrus grips with gilded silver tangband and ferrule embellished with chiseled vines, the flared pommel enclosed

Likely German, with superbly embellished silver hilt, comprising double-clamshell guard, grip, knucklebow and pommel, decorated en suite in embossed a

An example of rare quality, the iron Delhi-form hilt with knucklebow elaborately inlaid with gilt flowering vines, the toggle intact. The broad, deepl

Of characteristic form, carved of a single block of wood with high central boss carved in geometrical designs and a continuous ridge developing into n

A massive example, the steel hilt with rolled pommel and crosshatched grip bordered by engraved running vine motifs. The faceted ferrule, forte and en

The siege-weight breastplate of characteristic form with rolled collar and gussets, central ridge and flared waist, struck with armorer’s marks MM nea

A large example of classic form, with rock crystal grip. The flared pommel set with a garnet. The iron ferrule inlaid overall with fine gold flowering

Spanish work, the triangular steel guard finely pierced and embossed with scrolling vinework. With lightly domed pommel, broad guard with slightly exp

A massive example of a rare type, of robust dimensions with characteristic waisted walrus grip, the fine, straight, continuously tapering double-edged

The work of a master, with wooden body superbly lacquered in crimson, and delicately painted with birds amongst flowering vines in silver and gold, wi

A private purchase weapon, possibly Russian. With steel three-bar hilt struck on the underside with unidentified maker’s marks, and canted grip covere