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C1750 French Form Child Size Small Court Sword With Ornate Brass Hilt. Sn 19240 - 19240
The small sword (also court sword, French: épée de cour or dress sword) is a light one-handed sword designed for thrusting which evolved out of the longer and heavier rapier of the late Renaissance. The height of the small sword's popularity was between mid 17th and late 18th century. It is thought to have appeared in France and spread quickly across the rest of Europe. The small sword was the immediate predecessor of the French duelling sword (from which the épée developed). This is an excellent original C1750 small sword with ornate brass hilt (see page 277 of Wither’s book ‘World Swords’ where a similar C1750 brass hilt small sword is illustrated). It has deep cast decoration to the small size grip, shell guard, quillon, knuckle bow & urn shaped pommel. The 20 ½” tapering rapier type blade has double fullers and is undamaged with just light staining consistent with age. Both sides of the blade have indistinct engraved signatures (illustrated). The blade has a leather hilt washer. The child size sword measures 25 ½” overall. There are no visible manufacturer marks on the sword. As is common our example is without scabbard. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 19240
£495.00

**NAPOLEONIC WARS ERA**EARLY VARIANT**British 1796 Pattern Infantry Officers Sword With Etched Blade By JJ Runkel Solingen. ED 2650 - ED 2650
An original early example of a British 1796 Pattern Infantry Officer's sword (see page 159 of World Swords by Withers). It has its regulation brass hilt with correct early variant rigid shell guard. Later variants of the 1796 Infantry sword had folding clamshells. It has the correct knuckle bow. urn shaped pommel and as is common its quillon finial is absent. It has a wire bound grip, all very tight and undamaged. It has a 32 ½” long blade with fullers. The spine of the blade is marked by the German manufacturer ‘J.J. Runkel Solingen’. The blade is etched on both sides. The etchings include ‘Crown GR’ (George Rex), martial and heraldic arms and foliate devices. The blade is undamaged and has just light staining consistent with age. As is common the sword is without scabbard. The price includes UK delivery. ED 2650
£1,095.00

Early 1800’s English Or French Court / Diplomatic Small Sword. Sn 19236 - 19236
The small sword (also court sword, French: épée de cour or dress sword) is a light one-handed sword designed for thrusting which evolved out of the longer and heavier rapier of the late Renaissance. The height of the small sword's popularity was between mid 17th and late 18th century. It is thought to have appeared in France and spread quickly across the rest of Europe. The small sword was the immediate predecessor of the French duelling sword (from which the épée developed. This is an original Circa early 1800’s Court / Diplomatic small sword (see pages 270 to 282 of Wither’s book ‘World Swords’ where many variants of small sword are illustrated). It has a copper wire bound hilt, with brass finger guard and knuckle bow. The brass pommel is urn shaped. The slim 30 ½” fullered blade is straight and undamaged and has just staining consistent with age. The blade has its original leather hilt washer. The sword measures 37” overall. As is common our example is without scabbard. The price for this attractive Court / Diplomatic small sword includes UK delivery. Sn 19236
£495.00

**NAPOLEONIC / PENNINSULAR WARS ERA** British Warranted Blade 1796 Pattern Cavalry Officer’s Sabre & Period Leather Blade Protector Sheath. ED 2467. - ED 2467
The Pattern 1796 Light Cavalry Sabre was used primarily by British Light Dragoons and Hussars during the Napoleonic Wars. The blade is remembered today as one of the best of its time and has been described as the finest cutting sword ever manufactured in quantity. Officers of the famous 95th Rifles, Light Infantry Regiments and the "flank" Companies of Line Regiments adopted these Swords (The Hit Peninsular War, Book & TV series Sharpe's Rifles featured this pattern of Sword). This is an original 1796 Officer’s Sabre in very good condition. It has a single edged, fullered 32 ¾” Sabre blade. The blade has just light staining consistent with age. The spine of the blade is engraved ‘Warranted’ (there are no visible maker or date marks). Its cross guard with rounded langets, knuckle guard, curved pommel and Leather bound wood grip are undamaged. The grip has wire binding which is tight and intact. The sabre comes with a period open top leather sheath. The sheath has a stitched seam and has no belt loop merely serving as a transit blade protector rather than a scabbard for belt carrying. The leather is intact but has become dry with age. The price for this Napoleonic Wars era Sword includes UK delivery. ED 2467
£695.00

**GENDAITO HAND FORGED BLADE**WW2 Era Japanese Army Officer’s Shin Gunto Sword, Scabbard & Expert Assessment. Sn 19571 - 19571
This sword has been assessed by a UK based Japanese sword expert Bill Tagg. His assessment accompanies this piece. In exerts from the assessment he states “Army Officer’s shin gunto pattern. The blade is a lower grade gendaito with a fuzzy oil quenched hamonwhich is nioi crystals based with small notare undulating pattern unsigned tang. A couple of long folding flaws in skin steel, lots of old finger rust to polish obscures any visible grain. Saya ins honoki wood with light coating of black lacquer. No kurikata has slide on metal ashi suspension loop & 1 loop of leather cover around the throat, rest of cover missing. Tsuba good quality & condition lots of gilt finish remaining original seppa. Tsuka is in good original condition all mounts present with gilt finish to fuchi & kabuto gane. Binding intact, fish skin is the flatter type. An un-touched & un-altered example of probably a seki arsenal production”. In his drawings of the blade he describes measurements and other blade characteristics (illustrated in image 2). The price includes UK delivery. Sn 19571
£1,200.00

SOLD SOLD (LAY-AWAY 17/03) C1770 English Small Sword With Silver Wire Bound Hilt & Gilt Panel Etched Colichemarde Blade. Sn 19231 - 19231
The small sword (also court sword, French: épée de cour or dress sword) is a light one-handed sword designed for thrusting which evolved out of the longer and heavier rapier of the late Renaissance. The height of the small sword's popularity was between mid 17th and late 18th century. It is thought to have appeared in France and spread quickly across the rest of Europe. The small sword was the immediate predecessor of the French duelling sword (from which the épée developed. This is a nice original C1770 small sword (see page 276 of Wither’s book ‘World Swords’ similar small swords dating to C1770 are illustrated). It has a brass hilt with part bowl guard, knuckle bow and urn shaped top. The silver wire wire bound grip is undamaged. It has an undamaged, straight, slim 28” ‘Colichemarde’ blade (the shape of a colichemarde blade features a wide forte, which abruptly tapers to a much narrower form at a point varying between a fifth to a third of the blade length from the hilt. The blade cross section was most often triangular and hollow-ground. This configuration combines good parrying characteristics, due to the wide blade forte, with the good manoeuvrability and thrusting characteristics imparted by the narrow blade point). The blade has just staining consistent with age and has a gilt foliate etched panel on the flat side near to the hilt. The sword measures 34 ½” overall. As is common our example is without scabbard. The price for this attractive small sword includes UK delivery. Sn 19231
£0.00

**SUPERB**ORNATE**C1750 French Or German Form Gentleman’s Sword With Etched Blade ‘1475’ (re-hilted early blade) & Ornate Cast Brass Fittings. Sn 19230 - 19230
This is a superb French Or German Form Gentleman’s Sword made C1750. The 31” steel blade has staining and patina consistent with age. The blade is engraved on both sides with running Hunting dogs or Lions, Martial arms and banners and ‘1475’ within panel (Most likely an early blade re hilted in the 1700s). The brass shell guard knuckle bow and pommel are heavily decorated on all surfaces with feasting scenes. The leather covered grip is copper wire bound. All leather and binding are undamaged, tight and secure. As is common of a sword of this age the sword is without scabbard. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 19230
£1,100.00

C1800 Imperial French Infantry Guard Officer’s Sword. ED 2340 - ED 2340
This is an original C1800 Imperial French Infantry Guard Officer’s Sword (see page 187 of Wither’s book ‘World Swords’). It has a wire bound hilt, brass guard and knuckle bow. It also has a Guard’s helm shaped pommel. The bullion wire binding is all present but has unwound a little in the centre section which can be seen in the images. The fullered 32 ½” blade is straight and undamaged and has just light staining consistent with age. There are no manufacturer or date marks. The sword measures 39 ¼” overall. As is common our example is without scabbard. The price includes UK delivery. ED 2340
£575.00

**NAPOLEONIC PENINSULAR WARS ERA**British 1786 Pattern Spadroon Infantry Officer’s Sword With Etched Blade & Antique Ivory Hilt. ED 2339 - ED 2339
This is an original British 1786 Pattern spadroon Infantry Officer's sword (see page 155 of World Swords by Withers & Robson’s Swords Of The British Army page 144 No.129 where ivory hilt spadroons are illustrated). It has steel guard and ball top pommel and lanyard ring. The correct ribbed antique ivory grip has steel bands. It has a 32” long single edged, diamond section blade. The blade is etched on both sides with martial arms and foliate panels. The blade has staining consistent with age. As is typical this sword is without scabbard. The price for this spadroon includes UK delivery. ED 2339 (NB Ivory Content Comprises less Than 10% Volume & Weight)
£795.00

**NAPOLEONIC WARS ERA**EARLY VARIANT**British 1796 Pattern Infantry Officers Sword With Warranted Gilt & Blued Etched Blade. Sn 19244 - 19244
An original early example of a British 1796 Pattern Infantry Officer's sword (see page 159 of World Swords by Withers). It has its regulation brass hilt with correct early variant rigid shell guard. Later variants of the 1796 Infantry sword had folding clamshells. It has the correct knuckle bow. urn shaped pommel and quillon finial which are often found to be missing from these swords. It has a wire bound grip, all very tight and undamaged. It has a 32 ½” long blade with fullers. The blade is etched on both sides. The etchings include ‘Crown GR’ (George Rex), martial arms, foliate devices and ‘Warranted’ banner. The blade has traces of original blueing & gilt and has just light staining consistent with age. As is common the sword is without scabbard. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 19244
£1,350.00
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