Firearms and Edged Weapons

A George III 1796 pattern infantry officer's dress sword with single-edged fullered blade, blade length 81.5cm, brass shell guards and knuckle bow, wood grip and facet-formed brass pommel.

A 19th century French briquet shortsword with curved single-edged blade, blade length 59cm, the ricasso with maker's mark 'PDL', and typical moulded brass grip, with stitched leather scabbard.

A late 19th century Burmese dha sword with single-edged blade, blade length 58.5cm, with fine silver damascened decoration of scrolling foliate designs interspaced with dragon-like animal motifs to both faces, wire bound grip and horn pommel with ivory detailing. Note: a non-transferrable ivory exemption certificate has been granted for the sale of this item.

A late 19th century Indonesian sikin panjang fighting sword with curved single-edged fullered blade, blade length 64cm, shaped steel collar and typical forked horn handle, with white metal mounted hardwood boarded scabbard.

An 1821 pattern artillery officer's sword with single-edged fullered blade, blade length 62.5cm, the lower half with indistinct initials within a scrolling cartouche, steel triple-bar hilt and wire bound fishskin grip, with steel scabbard (overall active rust, evidence of old cleaning and later environmental damage).

A group of six 18th century and later hunting hangers, including an example with straight single-edged blade, blade length 48cm, S-shaped guard with boar-head and hound-head terminals, and wood grip with boar-head pommel (repairs and restoration throughout),

A group of five 19th century and later court style dress swords, including an example with straight double-edged blade, blade length 78cm, etched with foliate designs and marked 'Binnie, Old Bond Street, London', gilt brass shell guards, decorated knuckle bow and crown pommel, with steel scabbard with ring suspension (overall some environmental damage and surface rust, some still active).

A 19th century Indian all-steel tulwar with curved single-edged deeply double-fullered blade, blade length 76cm, and typical shaped hilt with bow knuckle guard and disc pommel (overall active rust), together with an unusual 20th century textile knife with single-edged blade, blade length 45cm, and ebonized handle.

An early to mid-20th century German artillery officer's dress sword by E. & F. Hörster, Solingen, with slightly curved single-edged fullered blade, blade length 76cm, cast brass crossguard with lion-head terminal, the langet with crossed cannon barrels, knuckle bow with oak leaf decoration, wire bound celluloid grip and lion-head pommel with red glass eyes, with steel mounted leather scabbard, together with a Turkish 1909 pattern naval officer's dress sword with slightly curved single-edged blade, blade length 70cm, etched with foliate designs and crescent moon and star motif, marked 'Luigi Gazzan & Fils' to the spine, brass stirrup guard with crescent moon and star motif, and wire bound composite grip, with brass mounted nickel scabbard (overall some environmental damage and some old damage and losses).

A 19th century French 1822 pattern light cavalry sword with curved double-fullered blade, blade length 89cm, cast brass triple-bar hilt with foliate decoration and wire bound horn grip, with steel scabbard (overall light rust, mostly active).

A small group of Indian all-steel weapons, mainly 19th century, including a spike-top pole axe, total length 74.5cm, a firangi sword with curved blade, blade length 80cm, and pommel spike, and a kora sword with distinctive axe shaped blade, total length 64cm (overall heavy active rust throughout).

A pair of 19th century European fencing swords with square-section blades, blade length 77cm, steel figure-of-eight guards, square wood grips and steel pommels, together with an African leg or arm dagger, a 20th century decorative kris dagger with carved wood fittings, two late 19th/early 20th century sword scabbards and a 20th century copy of a Dayak mandau sword with applied bone decoration and coloured hair.

A mid-20th century Webley Premier .22 air pistol with break-lever action and composite plate grips, with original box (action works and dry fires but clip for action defective/damaged, some rust patches).

A mid-20th century BSA Scorpion .22 air pistol with break-lever action, numbered 'RB47980', and front and rear sights, together with two Webley & Scott Ltd air pistols, including a Premier Mk II (BSA Scorpion appears to be seized, overall some poor old restoration throughout).

A late 19th century Japanese wakizashi with typical curved single-edged blade, blade length 44.5cm, the tang signed, circular-form cast steel tsuba, decorated with clouds and wave motifs, indistinctly signed, and tape bound fishskin grip with partially hidden menuki fittings, with lacquer finished scabbard (lacking utility knife).

A 20th century copy of a French Napoleonic An XI heavy cavalry cuirassier's sword with straight single-edged double-fullered blade, blade length 96cm, brass triple-bar hilt and moulded leather grip, with steel scabbard with twin-ring suspension (some environmental damage, overall active rust to scabbard).

A 1907 pattern bayonet by Lithgow, with single-edged fullered blade, blade length 43cm, the ricasso detailed with a shield containing '190 1' above 'Lithgow' and date '1919', steel crosspiece and wood plate grips, with steel mounted stitched leather scabbard, the pommel numbered 'A 43117' (blade retains original surface finish).

An unusual 18th/19th century smallsword with straight clip-point blade, blade length 36, cut steel guard of octagonal form and turned wood grip.

A rare early 19th century Indian tulwar khanda sword with tapered expanding blade with diamond-form tip, blade length 67.5cm, part-pierced and with part-serrated cutting edge, and typical cruciform hilt with all-over fine and intricate damascened foliate decoration.