$16,300.00
This armor predates and certainly must have served in the English Civil Wars. It comprises six pieces, including its original gorget. It dates to the period of transition from lighter armor to shot proof. The breast-plate is provided with lugs for the att... (read more)
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$185.00
6 5/8" length with plain elongate pyramidal point on lap seamed conical socket. The base with a hole for a securing pin. Another hole on the upper socket, pierced before shaping, probably in error. Crusty surface with light rust growth over dark patina. S... (read more)
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$3,150.00
This plackart or reinforcing breast-plate is made to fit over an armor to provide additional protection against firearms. This allowed protection when needed and a lighter more maneuverable armor when it was not in place. A number of such reinforcing brea... (read more)
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Probably based on Tower Armories item #IV.429, with strong central ridge of keel form. Finely formed prow below the single horizontal eye slit with rolled bottom edge. The medial with a row of liner rivets and additional pair of rivets to each side. 4# 2... (read more)
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$6,800.00
This breastplate was equally serviceable for use on foot or horseback. The forward rolled neck and arm borders, made without gussets, are typical for the period. It almost certainly comes from the fortress at Rhodes, which was defended by the Knights of S... (read more)
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14" barrel swamped to 1 1/4" at the muzzle. The first 5" with raised chiseled arabesque decoration, repeated at the muzzle. Banana form lock with East India Co. logo and throat hole cock. Wood stock with separate butt, iron trigger guard and ten mother of... (read more)
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$5,600.00
This is an armor of an English harquebusier, a cavalryman who may have been equipped with a carbine, but overwhelmingly, fought with a sword. They specifically engaged in a type of warfare which involved movements designed to capitalize on surprise and th... (read more)
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$325.00
Certainly for stick ball, an early hurley or predecessor to, the hurley, the stick used in hurling. 53" length, longer than present examples, but of identical form. Carved from wood with naturally agreeable form and grain. The butt with mushroom form term... (read more)
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$225.00
Provincial made example with elongated square section head forged and wheel finished including small chamfer and triple scallops to the edges. Crisp chisel cut lapped seam socket with securing hole. 6 5/8" length. Fine patina with light stabilized rust.... (read more)
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$195.00
6 1/8" length. Elongated point with crisp edges triple scalloped at the base. Forged, with light wheel finish. Lapped seam conical socket with pin pierced securing hole. Crisp with stable rust.... (read more)
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$325.00
New Kingdom, C.1550-1070 B.C. Highly identifiable type commonly called a kohl pot made of striped alabaster which was a favorite material and the material of choice for these in virtually every case. 2 1/4" height and 2 1/2" diameter of squat form with sp... (read more)
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$4,300.00
The Thirty Years War devastated Northern Europe, primarily the German states. It was a war of siege and massive destruction fueled by religious fervor. Thousands of castles and tens of thousands of villages were destroyed. In the forefront of siege warfar... (read more)
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This elegant helmet is of a form known as a Spanish morion which derives from the rule of Northern Italy by the Spanish Hapsburgs. The tall skull terminates in a pear stalk and slightly overhanging back edge profile. The brim with rolled and roped edge an... (read more)
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$55.00
Old Kingdom, 2686-2181 BC. 1 1/4" x 4 1/4". Narrow loomed and actually comprising five separate pieces, woven in bound edge strips sewn together as in African finger loomed cloth. Single piece cut across the binding and comprising 5 conjoined segments. Fr... (read more)
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About twice as large as previous example at 12 7/8" length. Shown with #231 for scale. Long square section point with decoratively indented base on open seam conical socket with separately forged on base reinforcing band. Forged construction with some lam... (read more)
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$6,800.00
This form of this helmet is founded in function and accordingly, resembles its Western European counterparts in fundamentals. The differences, expressions of the Eastern taste, are in the details. Its rolled edge brim wraps around beyond the mid point of... (read more)
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$535.00
Datable early pattern which served in the Civil War. See Peterson #42. Brass hilt. Heavy bow tie guard with radial shell form langets and helmet form pommel. Bone grip with large hatched panels each side. Fully 50% more weight and distinctively different... (read more)
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$6,800.00
This example is distinguished by its condition which includes all of the original cloth covering to the wood haft and much original silver koftgari decoration to the head, grip and side strap. The iron side strap, secured with five domed rivets is to prev... (read more)
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$525.00
Rare early example. Identical to Peterson #12 with cross guard which is decorated in floral motifs and of cruciform with pointed langets. That style draws from Ottoman taste and saw selective use in America and England in the first half of the 19th centur... (read more)
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Comprising five rows of overlapping scales, each of slightly tapered form with engraved medial line and rounded tip with a rivet. Scale armor such as this evidently originated in Italy where it was used in limited applications. In 1576 Stephen Batory, Duk... (read more)
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French and Indian Wars period. Elemental form with leaf shaped blade over baluster. Slightly tapered tang, threaded right up to the baluster and so made for use without a cross bar at the joint. That form favored by the French (see Neumann 115.PA) and cop... (read more)
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$395.00
Type which served in the Civil War when state militias were enlisted into national service on both sides. Plated brass hilt with scroll decorated straight cross guard and helmet form pommel. Black rosewood grip. 27 1/2" straight d.e. blade, well pointed a... (read more)
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$3,850.00
The weapons of the privileged class have always been influenced by fashion. Just after the turn of the 17th century, the cruciform sword based on the Gothic model, returned to favor in England. Rapiers and broad swords with straight cross guards were worn... (read more)
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$1,650.00
Type used in America and the Revolution. See Neumann 213.S. Bronze hilt, originally gilt. Each element decorated with classic rococo motifs incorporating flowing sea shell like motifs. The word rococo itself is derived from the French coquilles meaning sh... (read more)
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$165.00
See Neumann page 118. Iron, 13" length with open seam socket pierced with two holes for mounting. Hook form blade (few edge nicks) with large depressed area at the back where a back blade (Neumann #6) has been removed or lost in action. Reverse with large... (read more)
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The one piece skull with high comb and integral rolled edge brim struck with a makers mark L R over additional ciphers, perhaps K R and the Nuremberg town mark. Rolled edge neck guard pierced for hanging and hinged cheek pieces pierced with a cluster of h... (read more)
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$275.00
Brass hilt with rigid side guard with high relief rampant lion within a wreath. Folding side guard opposite (spring catch lacking). Tapered oval pommel. Wire wrapped spirally fluted horn grip. Brass dark with green surface in protected areas. 32 1/4" stra... (read more)
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$3,450.00
This heavy helmet was used in the Thirty Years War (1617-47) and again in the English Civil Wars. It is from a group particularly associated with Littlecote House, Wiltshire, England, where other examples were preserved with its remarkably complete Civil... (read more)
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$475.00
Copper wire wrapped grip, excellent. 31 1/4" straight broad fullered blade. Gilt brass hilt of heavy fighting form with raised thickened edge oval shell guards, straight cross guard and faceted knuckle bow. Vase shaped pommel with large button. Considerab... (read more)
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Spanish American War period. Iron bowl guard with integral back strap and pommel. Wire wrapped shark skin covered grip. 33 3/4" broad fullered curved s.e. blade marked ARTILLERA FABRICA DE TOLEDO A1894 on the forte. Grip excellent and complete. Hilt and b... (read more)
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