EDGED WEAPONS

Ref004-UK-Cavalry c1796-Troopers-Full Disc Hilt-Dawes

Maker marked DAWES BIRMINGHAM with Inspection mark Crown over 5. Disk hilt has its original long narrow langets a feature of the original pattern and a full disk guard. Steel knuckle bow broadening out at base into a pear-shaped disk pierced with holes round the edge.  The disk is reinforced on the inside with a thin plate and the sword knot slit is near the pommel. The grip is wood bound with cord and covered with leather. Single broad fuller each side of the Hatchet point blade. Scabbard has been cleaned and is unmarked.

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Ref005-UK-Infantry-c1895-Officer’s Deane HA-Hobson 100804

British Pattern 1895 Infantry sword numbered 100804 on the back of the blade. Marked HOBSON & SONS 3-5 LEXINGTON ST LONDON. Blade and hilt marked with Imperial Cypher for Queen Victoria for an officer of the Indian Army. Monogram on the blade is HAD with D being the “Surname” letter. Brown leather field scabbard.

The only officer with these initials who served in India is Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Harold Arthur Deane, KCSI (1854-1908). Deane served as the first Political Agent of the Malakand in 1895 and also as the first Chief Commissioner of the North-West Frontier Province upon the creation of the province on 9 November 1901. Deane was commissioned in 1874 and promoted to Captain in 1885 and to Major in 1894. The following year he became the first Political Agent of the Malakand and in 1896 he was appointed a CSI and then promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1900. In 1901 he became the Chief Commissioner of the North-West Frontier Province following its creation by Lord Curzon – a position he held until his death in July 1908

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Ref006-UK-Infantry c1786-Officer’s Spadroon-Ebony Grip

Grip of ebony or horn, a “pillow” pommel and a stirrup-shaped knuckle bow, circa 1778 to, possibly, 1800. The blade is engraved with stands of arms and floral decoration. The tiny ring is still in place on this handle which is a rare find on a piece like this. This piece measures (Blade Length: 32 1/4″ Full Length: 38 1/2″). The scabbard is a historically accurate hand-crafted reproduction of the original

Price $1200 Plus shipping

Ref007-UK-Infantry-c1788-Sabre Officer’s Stirrup Hilt Ebony Copper Rings

1788 pattern infantry sword, ebony grip bound with copper bands, blade engraved with mystical symbols including dragon, Turbaned heads, Crescent moon and various weapons. Blade length 29 ¼ inches. Condition, crack to fluted ebony grip, some corrosion dark staining mostly to scabbard. Scabbard has a few dents.

Price $1000 plus shipping

Ref008-UK-Infantry-c1788-Sabre Officer’s Stirrup Hilt Ebony Grip

37.2 inch curved blade with light staining, but no pitting. The blade is prominently engraved with GRIII CYPHER, trophies, cannon & Royal coat of arms; back edge engraved J.J.RUNKEL SOLINGEN, no original blue & gilt remains. It has a facetted back strap and ferrule with a typical stirrup guard with fern pattern langets and very good ribbed ebony grips. The scabbard is a historically accurate hand-crafted reproduction of the original

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Ref009-UK-Basket Hilt-c1798-Scottish-Officer Broadsword Brass Hilt

Highland infantry broadsword; the type carried by Scottish infantry regiments during the Peninsula War and Battle of Waterloo against Napoleon’s forces. The single fullered broad sword blade is marked J J Runkel Solingen, has been ground at some point which gives it the illusion of being watered. The hilt is brass hilt is constructed of solid plain panels and has remnants of past gilding. The grip is fish skin with brass wire. Provenance : William Kearney Collection.

Price $2500 plus shipping

Ref010-UK-Naval Cutlass-c1804-Figure 8-Turned up guard

Straight, flat blade single edged with a spear point. Sheet iron guard is a double disc or figure-of-eight slightly turned up sides. At the top a small parallel-sided extension has been tightly rolled forwards to form a rudimentary quillon. The cast iron grip is roughly shaped to fit the hand and is ribbed to provide a secure hold. No maker or issue marks.

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Ref012-Asia-India-Tulwar-c1800-Silver plated Hilt maker marked watered blade

An unusual Tulwar from the North Western Frontiers, India/Afghanistan. The hilt retains 90% of its original silver sheet covering and the solid silver lanyard fitting on the pommel. The blade is of an unusual type, although not unknown for the region and is of the Kilij form which displays a very well controlled pattern welded surface of high contrast metals. The spine dips at 18cms from the hilt and broadens slightly at the sharpened back edge that starts 44cms from the hilt. The forte is deeply stamped with a native armourer’s stamp and there is a deep, hollow forged fuller running from the hilt through to the tip that is 58cms long. The sheath is original, being black leather over timber.

Price $1400 plus shipping

013-UK-Infantry-c1796-Flank Officer’s Blue & Gilt-Brass pierced Guard-MR37

Copper Brass lion Head Flank Officers sword, guard vertically pierced in six segments, with three decorated holes at the base. Unusual grip finely ribbed polished wood. The blade was once blue and gilt, most of the gilt is long gone and there is pitting to one side of the blade. Remnants of gilt decoration include Crown over GR and standing soldier in a Tarleton hat waving a sword above his head.

Price $2200 plus shipping

Ref014-UK-Infantry-c1790-Light Spadroon 3 bar hilt-MR15

Spadroon Variant with a one sided three bar hilt. Grip Ebony with wire binding. Straight tapering plain Scottish style blade with central fuller. No maker marks other than LG stamped on the tang. The scabbard is a historically accurate hand-crafted reproduction of the original.

Price S1900 plus shipping

Price $1800 plus shipping