Catalog: Popular Collectibles (156)

Antique circa 1800 AD Mediterranean Spanish dagger stiletto manufactured in Albacete, Spain. Barrel form polished horn grip is inlaid with brass serpentine motifs and flanked by pierced and banded conical brass mounts. Sturdy elongated leaf-shaped blade with medial ridge, thick iron cross guard of elongated diamond shape...

Antique, 19th century, Islamic Caucasian Circassian saddle in Kabardian form, consists of a wooden frame, cantle extending over to the rear and projecting to the frontal high arch pommel, covered overall in leather partly painted in red and black and highlighted in white...

Antique GILE short sword-dagger from the Afar tribe in Ethiopia, dating back to the 19th century. The massive blade is double-edged and curved, resembling an asymmetrical leaf.

The grip is wrapped with silver wire and adorned with iron rosettes. The pommel is bronze with a cap-like protrusion.

The scabbard is made of hardened rawhide with a fur flap. The bottom is wrapped in silver wire and features a shaped brass chape...

Antique, Chinese Qing dynasty period (1644 -1912) large bronze processional elaborate polearm halberd head called a jǐ (戟) constructed of several separate bronze elements joined together...

A very important Royal Islamic Indian personal short sword, Talwar - Tulwar, owned by King Ghazi-ud-Din Haidar Shah (1769-1827), the Nawab of Oudh (Awadh), early 19th century (circa 1818).

Link to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazi-ud-Din_Haidar_Shah

The right side of the blade is decorated with an intricate and exquisite gold inlay at the base, depicting the Royal Emblem of The Ghazi-ud-Din Haidar Shah, the Nawab of Oudh (Awadh)...

Antique 17th - early 18th century German Saxon miner's guild axe of characteristic form. The hand forged iron head with visible lamination of forge layered structure and stamped on each face with the maker marks.

The leading edge drawn up to an acute point capped with a brass finial, pierced with a slipped trefoil and small circles, tubular socket flattened on the inside with chequered rear-hammer peen. Mounted on its distinctive original wooden haft...

Two antique Victorian Scottish highlander kilt sporrans made of hand-stitched leather and white and black horsehair.

Black leather cantle with a central brass tree-shaped badge.

One sporran is with black leather back with a suspension loop and a small heart embossed back purse, and the second one is with a green leather back, a suspension loop, and a small back purse embossed with a Scottish thistle.

MEASUREMENTS: Each sporran measures 26 cm (10.2 inches) from top to edge...

An antique 17th-Century European halberd head entirely made of hand-forged steel with a sturdy double-edged central spike and a medial ridge...

An exceptional antique Turkish Ottoman Balkan gun cartridge pouch Palaska from the beginning of the 19th century, composed of several elements of cast brass soldered together at the edges. The front sides and domed hinged lid are adorned with gilded Ottoman neo-rococo style motifs, and at the back fitted with a belt loop...

Antique 19th century, Civil War period, American N.C.O. or Sergeant's militia infantry officer's sword & scabbard. They were carried by sergeants who led in battle. At the onset of the Civil War, the U.S. standing Army comprised 16,000 men only. A defense force of 75,000 was created by calling up the militias. It was the militias that formed the Northern defense and response to the Southern attack. This sword dates among the earliest of these and surely saw service in the Civil War...

A scarce authentic antique 19th century Russian Imperial Army military braid trim lace with general zigzag pattern (Генеральский галун) used for trimming Generals’ Parade uniforms epaulets, shoulder boards, and hatbands. The lace is made of gold-plated real pure silver wire-bullion and is woven around a satin silk thread core.

The listing includes the associated pictures showing both sides of the braid.

CONDITION: Age and usage are showing...

Rare antique museum quality 16th-17th century Turkish Ottoman silver-mounted sword, karabela, saber, kilij made in Ottoman Imperial court workshop and mounted with an older 16th-century blade...

Antique, French Napoleonic from the beginning of the 19th century, around 1815, circular snuff box made of pressed burr maple and lined with a horn.

The detachable cover is decorated with an equestrian battle scene, depicting Prince Józef Poniatowski riding his horse into Elster River during the Battle of Leipzig...

Antique Japanese Maji period handmade miniature marble swirl pattern Tokoname Kyusu - Hana ceramic teapot and cover finely hand enameled in relief with scrolls and flowers.

MEASUREMENTS:

Width including spout: 12.5 cm (4.92 inches). Height: 6.5 cm (2.56 inches).

CONDITION: In very good condition. No cracks, chips, or repairs.

A rare antique, 18th century Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack gun powder flask with a heart-shaped body carved from hardwood.

The outer face is decorated with a carved traditional Ukrainian geometric pattern of raised ribs, and the inner face is with an iron loop for suspension.

REFERENCES:

Three very similar powder flasks are published in a book from Ukrainian state museums: "Ukrainian Cossack State" by Volodymyr Nedyak, Page: 239.

Also, a similar Ukrainian Cossack ...

Antique American Civil War period sword bayonet, British pattern 1856, intended for use with both the Enfield P-1853 Percussion 577 caliber short rifle and the artillery carbine – musket. This saber bayonet is made by the well-known German sword maker KIRSCHBAUM of Solingen for export to the USA during the Civil War for both Confederate and Union. The bayonet has a Yataghan style fullered steel blade and a hilt that consists of an iron guard with a muzzle ring and a pommel mounted with chec...

Antique 19th century Native North American Plains Indians beaded and quilled buckskin tobacco pouch.

A tanned hide bag fringed at the bottom and beaded at the front with sinew-sewn seed blue, yellow and red glass beads with geometrical triangular pattern, against a white ground. The interior of the pouch is lined with fabric.

CONDITION:

In overall good condition showing the age and usage with a beautiful old patina from sweat and grease, some minor loss of the red beads along the ...

Antique American Civil War "Staff & Field" officers’ sword with the owner's name "W. Taylor." engraved on the scabbard locket.

This sword pattern, known as the 1850 US Foot Staff & Field Officers Sword, was designed on the French Model 1845 Infantry Officer's Sword and was adopted by the US Army in 1850 as the standard sword for all staff officers and the field officers, infantry, artillery, and riflemen.

Although "frail" swords became optional in 1860, this model remained popular t...

Antique, early 16th century, Renaissance period time circa 1500-1550 A.D. German or Swiss Landsknecht, halberd with a massive steelhead with a sturdy and long spike blade of diamond-shaped cross-section, A large triangular axe blade with oblique, cutting-edge, and cusped sides, is deeply struck on one side with an armorer's mark in the shape of an eight-pointed star in a shield.

Beak-shaped fluke cusped above and below, and an open socket extended on each side to form two waved or flame-sha...

Antique, 17th-18th century, Indo Persian Islamic Mughal India gold inlaid Indian aristocrat sword, Talwar-Tulwar.

DETAILS: A superb quality sturdy, slightly curved, single-edged blade hand-forged from the characteristic Indian mechanical Damascus steel with excellent quality watered pattern in the form of Mohammed's ladder.

Gold-inlaid steel hilt of Aurangzebi type comprised of a baluster grip, a cross-guard formed with beautifully shaped quillons and langets, a knuckle bow terminating ...

Antique, 18th century, Mughal Indo Persian - Sind Matchlock gun Jezail. Details; damascus steel barrel showing strongly banded pattern, muzzle fixed to mounting bayonet, curved wood full stock with simple iron plates on each side.
CONDITION: In good condition considering its age.
MEASUREMENTS: Overall length: 141cm (55 ½ inches).
REFERENCES: “Firearms Of The Islamic World in the Tareq Rajab Museum, Kuwait” by Robert Elgood.

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Rare antique 18th-19th century Islamic Indo Persian dagger Zirah-bhonk. Details: Finely hand-forged recurved single-edged steel blade with thickened beveled conical point and the sharp edge on the concaved back spine of the blade precisely hand-forged whit its integral beveled ferrule and shaped tang fitted with a pair of shaped stag horn grip-scales The thickened and beveled point of the blade it is used for piercing through the rings of a coat of chain mail. "Zirah bouk" "Zirah bonk." which...

Antique circa 1900 A.D. Islamic dagger of the lords of the desert, known as Tuareg, Telek or Gozma.

Details: a leather-wrapped hilt in a distinctive form, comprising a slim grip with engraved flat brass pommel adorned with silver plaque. Straight, double-edged tapering hand steel blade with ricasso encased in engraved brass collar.

Complete with its tooled leather scabbard with brass mountings.

CONDITION: Excellent example for the period in fine preservation with fine patina.

Antique early 20th century authentic Native American Plains Indian handmade, boy doll. Constructed of buckskin, beads, and natural human hair. This doll is wearing a hand sewn traditional period costume and moccasins.

He is elaborately dressed in the hand sewn traditional beaded and fringed hide garment and beaded moccasins. His head with beaded facial features, and coiffures of braided natural human hair.

HEIGHT: 26.5 cm (10.43 inches).

CONDITION: In original condition, showing i...

Antique, Edo period Japanese large sword guard Tsuba for samurai sword Katana Signed by the Master Masatoshi.

DETAILS: A good fine iron lobed shape plate “Mokko Gata,” well hand-forged and pierced with Kozuka Hitsu-ana and Kogai hitsu-ana, decorated on two sides with finely cut linear pattern and crescent moon. Nakogo-ana inserted with copper Sekigane.

DIMENSIONS: 77 mm x 72 mm x 6 mm (3.03 inches x 2.83 inches x 0.2362 inches)

WEIGHT: 148 grams

CONDITION: Age and u...

This is a remarkable antique Indian Hindu silver figure of a horse from the 18th to 19th century. The figure is a true work of art, comprising several soldered-together silver elements, including intricately detailed legs, ears, tail, body, and base. This figure is even more remarkable because it is hollow, indicating the level of craftsmanship that went into its creation.

It's worth noting that in Hindu mythology, the horse holds great significance as it is considered to be the vehicle o...

German porcelain well modelled bust of French Napoleon marshal Joachim Murat, brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte, King of Naples and Grand Duke of Berg (1767-1815) wearing his famous fantasy costume base marked in cobalt blue with crown "K" .The Porzellanmanufaktur Rudolf Kämmer, Rudolstadt-Volkstedt .

CONDITION: in excellent condition, with no chips, cracks or repairs.

MEASUREMENTS: Height: 10 cm (3.94 inches)

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A pair of antique Brazilian parade children’s stirrups from the beginning of the 20th century, silver plated on copper in the Spanish colonial conquistador manner in the form of slippers. This shape protects the rider's feet from injury. Each stirrup is made of separate elements joined together, including soles; the top part is finely hand engraved with an ornate floral pattern and fitted with a riveted band rising to the sturdy loop for suspension. Sometimes, people call them "wall pocket sti...

Antique late 19th-century silver mounted North African Islamic tribal Tuareg dagger.

Details: The dagger has a straight, double-edged, tapered iron blade with an engraved silver plate surrounding the ricasso. The intricately profiled silver handle is engraved with a geometric pattern.

The dagger is a stunning work of craftsmanship. Its straight, double-edged iron blade tapers to a fine point, making it both sharp and deadly. The blade's ricasso is surrounded by a beautifully engrav...

Antique 19th century American Civil War period US officer's sword blade model 1840 by W.H. Horstmann & Sons Philadelphia. Details: A straight, single-edged, tapered blade cut with a wide, full-length fuller. The outer side is finely engraved with a classical double-handed vase adorned with flowers and leaves with the full logo of renowned sword maker WH Horstmann & Sons Philadelphia. Below is an elaborate cartouche with "US" amongst stars and foliage. On the opposite side is a finely engra...

A very good quality antique, late 19th century North African, Sudanese Islamic, Mahdist warrior, arm dagger with scabbard, from the Mahdist War period (a revolutionary insurrection against the British colonial rule in Sudan, which took place in 1881-1899). Fur / Nuba / Bedja / Barabra / Hadendoa.

It was called the Mahdist War since the Sudanese leader Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah (محمد أحمد ابن عبد الله‎) 1848-85 proclaimed himself " Mahdi of Islam" (the "Guided One").

Rare, antique, 19th century, Central Asian Islamic Turkoman Tekke horse jewellery, silver-mounted leather, horse trapping Neckband. The upper surface decorated and constructed of 6 rows of small continuous interlocking silver plaques riveted to the leather, enclosed by silver bars at the ends. The central Shaped shield enriched with large oval carnelians stone, extremely well made by Turkmen silversmith.

This Type of horse jewelry was very expensive and exclusively aff...

Excellent quality antique Indonesian Malay from the 15th-18th century, an exquisite Islamic sword-dagger Panjang Kris-Keris from the colonial period belonging to Malayan aristocrats.

The blade is older than the mounting (from 15th–17th Century AD), sturdy, double-edged, straight blade is finely hand-forged with a beautiful and rare Damascus steel pattern - Pamor Ron Pakis (Pattern Feather Fern).

Mounted in the 18th-century fittings, the brown horn hilt (Hulu) is finely hand-carved wit...

Antique,18th -19th century, Chinese or Vietnamese, large combat polearm, halberd, trident, spear.

The massive trident is made of hand-forged iron with a visible forged structure of layered lamination. It consists of two elements: a sturdy central tapered spear-shaped blade of diamond cross-section and a crescentic cross blade with recurved terminals.

The crescentic cross blade is engraved on both sides with scrolled decorations.

The long, stout tang with a faceted block is fitted to...

Antique 19th century small bronze half relief sculpture of Napoleon Bonaparte in a standing pose with crossed arms, wearing his famous hat and a uniform of the Colonel of Chasseurs Cheval de la Garde Imperial. Mounted on its original rectangular weighted bronze base.
MEASUREMENTS: 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in) Tall inclusive.
CONDITION: Nice dark brown patina, and good signs of age and usage.

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Antique 18th century America Revolutionary War period gun powder horn, ca. 1770: made of a hollowed-out cow horn, with oval wood base secured with wrought-iron nails and fitted on the center with an iron loop for suspension cord. carved and tapered, turned pouring-spout retaining its original wooden spout-plug with iron loop connected to the horn by original cord.

CONDITION: In its original unattached condition with a superb mellow old patina.

MEASUREMENTS: The overall length incl...