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A SCOTTISH BASKET-HILTED BROADSWORD C.1730
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Pre 1800 item# 954705 (stock# 08-651)
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$10,700.00
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A fine example of impressive proportions. Large fighting hilt of Glasgow form with fretted and pierced panels flanked by flattened bars. Large rolled quillon. Wire wrapped spirally fluted leather covered grip. 37" double edged blade with broad central fuller at the forte etched each side with Prudentia et Constantia, and crowned Georgian royal cipher with the GR obliterated both sides. The motto identifies this sword as belonging to a member of the Denman family. The Georgian crown with the ...click for details
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AN ITALIAN IRON MACE C.1550
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Pre 1700 item# 954716 (stock# 09-598)
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$8,900.00
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This mace is from a well known group which, along with other variations, evolved from the much smaller Gothic maces in response to ever increasing armor thickness. The six semicircular flanges have scored edges for better purchase. They are connected mechanically to the hollow shaft with keyed projections at each end. A hole above the grip accommodated a wrist loop to prevent its loss if dislodged from the owner’s hand. It was used on horseback against an opponent protected by a shield in an exc ...click for details
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SPANISH LEFT HAND DAGGER MAIN GAUCHE C.1660
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Pre 1700 item# 954841 (stock# 08-124)
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$8,500.00
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The lovely form and decoration of this blade conceal a much more serious function; to parry and capture an opponents blade. The opened clefts flanking the ricasso allow a blade to be captured more easily than the closed clefts above, but does not assure success, as a quick twist and withdrawal of the blade, a move perfected by most swordsmen, freed the blade. The interior of the guard mounts a pierced and embossed plate which is decorated en suite with the guardo polvo of the rapier to which it ...click for details
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A FINE GERMAN RAPIER DATED 1585
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Pre 1700 item# 954844 (stock# 09-921)
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$8,300.00
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This sword is evidently the earliest dated example of its form. The fine hilt is comprised of a single side ring which joins the lower guard and is connected to the knuckle bow by a curved bar. The form is discussed in The Rapier and Smallsword, page 127 where it is identified as hilt form 57. Dating is based on a portrait dated 1588 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and a span of 1585-1640 is suggested. The text further identifies an example in the Tojhusmuseum, Copenhagen dated 1589 about ...click for details
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AN ITALIAN BUCKLER C.1550
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Pre 1700 item# 954847 (stock# 09-726)
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$7,800.00
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This iron shield was made specifically to defend against a sword attack. Held in the left hand, it is designed to capture an adversary’s blade in its raised circular ring. In its time, sword fighting techniques were evolving from Italian fencing schools which led all of Europe and the equipment changing to compensate. Sword fighting, even in battle, was structured with measured actions to maximize defense and attack opportunities. In the street, the sword fight was a series of moves and gamb ...click for details
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A SPANISH MAIN GAUCHE C.1650
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Pre 1700 item# 954849 (stock# 08-122)
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$7,800.00
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This is a fine example of the Spanish left hand dagger at it zenith. The folded over edge of the sail form guard is finely pierced in scrolling foliage and clusters of grapes which makes an elegant decorative presentation, and is intended to capture to point of an opponents rapier. The diamond section blade is capable of penetrating the heavy padded doublets of the period and the back of the blade is cut with decorative flutes which serve to engage and control an opponents blade. The Ricasso pro ...click for details
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A RARE ITALIAN BROADSWORD C.1550
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Pre 1700 item# 954863 (stock# 09-599)
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$7,700.00
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This sword’s blade derives directly from the cinquenda popular in the 15th century. The preference for a short blade is further demonstrated in the falchion which achieved great popularity in the 16th and 17th centuries and may derive from the Roman gladius. The hilt form with classical head guard terminals and black moor head pommel identify it to Northern Italy, probably Milan where those motifs were used on swords of wealthy and powerful owners. ...click for details
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