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