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Antique Islamic Javanese Indonesian Islamic short sword—dagger, Kris, Keris with an old 17th–18th-century well-made serpentine-shaped blade and 19th-century mountings.

The blade with 9 luk (waves) is hand-forged with a beautiful pamor pattern. It is mounted in 19th-century fittings, including a hilt (hulu) made of trembalo wood in the Yogyakarta style with typical carvings.

Warangka Ladrang type Keris with a nice flamed Timoho wood pattern. It has a brass, half-open engraved pendo...

Superb quality antique solid silver large serving spoon that features a musketeer figure.

The spoon's stem has low relief on both sides and showcases a detailed standing figure of a French Royal Musketeer playing the bugle. The musketeer is dressed in a typical 17th-century elaborate musketeer uniform with a cape, a sash across the torso, and a feathered hat on his head. His left-hand rests on the hilt of his rapier sword, and he wears musketeer bucket top boots on his legs. The spoon bowl...

Antique, 17th century, Indo - Persian, Indian sword, Talwar-Tulwar, Marwar, Rajasthan Islamic Mughal India.

DETAILS: Superbly hand-forged steel single-edged blade that is slightly curved, broad, sturdy and very sharp. It has a visible forging lamination pattern and a central fuller cut out on both sides. The blade is mounted with a very rare form steel hilt of characteristic Indian Marwari style. The hilt has a bellied grip that runs down to a pair of integral quillons with swollen terminal...

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 Indo Persian, Islamic, Shia Muslim ceremonial all-steel sword in the form of a straight, double-edged medieval Islamic sword.

The entire broad blade is superbly etched on both sides with Arabic calligraphy, possibly verses from the Qur'an, a serpent, and the figure of the mythological demon "Div" (دیو).

The hilt has an elaborate pommel with an integral cross guard, down curving quillons shaped like stylized mythical dragon heads, and a pair of langets with silv...

An antique 17th-century Islamic, Tatar sword-saber Ordynka, mounted with a 16th-century European Italian blade.

The sword's hilt has a finely hand-carved hardwood grip, with beautiful natural grains, and a small pistol-shaped pommel. The brass crossguard has short, slightly downturned quillons, bud-shaped terminals, and a pair of langets. It is made of two halves riveted by iron pins at the terminals. Three iron rivets secure the wooden grip and the crossguard to the tang of the blade. Addi...

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...

Antique 19th century Filipino (Sultanate of Maguindanao), Mindanao - Moro Islamic large Sword Kampilan. It comprises a long and very sharp single-edged finely hand forged blade, widening toward its tip elaborately shaped on the form of the stylized shark head. Showing slightly visible laminations watered pattern throughout its surfaces.

The blade is well-balanced by the hilt, so there is no feel of weight of a long blade. A wooden hilt with a boat shaped crossguard, forked pommel finely sc...

Antique, early 18th century, Turkish Ottoman, Islamic gun powder flask with flattened, oval form, wooden body covered in leather, with an impressed design of a palmette within a border of half-circles, with a conical iron nozzle. MEASUREMENTS: Height: 17.8 cm (7 in). Width: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in). CONDITION: In its original condition, showing the age and usage, with a dark brown patina. REFERENCES: A similar Flask is published in the Sotheby’s catalog: The Turkish Sale London, 17 October, 199...

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. On one side of the saddle is punched N6 and also some inscription.  The Circassian saddle is unique in its construction and very light compared to the other saddles by its construction and is giving the rider comfort and st...

Rare antique 18th century Polish Hussar sword-saber with a massive iron stirrup hilt of typical polish hussar form comprising a knuckle bow which is not connected to the pommel. The crossguard with leaf shape thumb ring and a pair of langets modeled quillon domed almond shape pommel with shaped back piece, vertically fluted wooden grip covered with leather.

A long, slightly massive, curved blade, cut on each face with a broad full-length fuller and a short slender fuller along the back-edge...

Antique 16th century European large boar spear - pike head, extremely well made of hand forged steel, with a broad leaf-shaped blade with a strongly pronounced medial ridge on each side, extending down a tapered tubular socket and struck with the maker's mark on one side and pierced with two holes for the pins to be fastened to the wooden pole.

The boar spear name referred to a polearm with a broad leaf-shaped blade with a strongly pronounced medial ridge. This type of spear was used from t...

Antique silver-gilt and filigree (Chandi Tarakasi) Indian Royal ceremonial scepter mace (chob), 18th century, Mughal India.

The mace is composed of many separate elements of silver, including a spherical gilt silver head (hollow inside) covered by intricate lattice filigree work decorated with garland and flowers enclosed at the bottom and the top by gilded silver rosettes and surmounted at the top with a gilt silver bulbous finial (hollow inside).

The baluster shape handle is made of h...

An abstract axe figure depicting a standing man carved from a green hard stone from the Mezcala Culture, late preclassic period (300-100 BC). The man is standing with hands hanging down to his sides, a rounded torso, and pointed short legs. These types of figures have been used as ceremonial stone axe heads as offerings to the gods.
MEASUREMENTS: Height: 12 cm (4 ¾ inches).

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Antique, 18th century, Polish nobleman walking cane "Obuszek" with steelhead in the form of a war hammer "Nadziak," composed of a hand forged, faceted steel head with a down-curved, tapered, curved rear fluke and a three-stage hammer, with a rounded face, separately made tubular steel socket, fused to the head.

It is mounted on its original hardwood haft of a circular section, pierced with a hole for suspension cord at the top, and a copper eyelet on one site.

The "Obuszek" walking can...

Antique 17th -19th century jeweled ceremonial mace Bulava in Imperial Ottoman fashion, Ottoman Empire, or Eastern Europe.

The onion-shaped partially gilt copper head is encased in, chased, and engraved with stylized floral motifs and set with natural turquoise stones of various sizes and shapes.

The shaft comprises upper and lower copper tubes, chased and engraved with stylized floral motifs and set with various sizes and shapes of natural turquoise stones, ensuite to the head of the m...

Very rare antique, 17th century (circa 1650 A.D.) Polish Winged Hussar massive sword (broadsword) Pałasz (pallasch) with a karabela hilt and a semi-closed guard composed of a carved horn grip, secured to the tang of the blade with three rivets with domed pewter heads (one rivet has a silver washer).

The steel guard has a semi-closed knuckle bow, faceted crossguard and langets, and down curved quillon.

This particular semi-closed guard is distinctive of the 17th-century Polish hussar...

Ancient palstave axe, originating from Europe. The axe dates back to 1400-1200 B.C., making it an ancient relic of historical value. It is made of cast and polished bronze and has a typical form. The massive axe head features a dramatic flared vertical blade, a thick blade neck with a recessed triangular design, two lateral hafting flanges, and a thin stop bar.

The skilled craftsmanship showcased in the axe is a testament to the advanced metallurgical techniques of early civilizations. Its ...