$425.00
Early Crusades period C.11th century. Very well forged in rounded octagonal section providing eight impact concentration points accented by slight concave segments between. Circular mounting hole with hollowed section interior. Surface rusted but form com... (read more)
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$445.00
Fine large fighting example. 8" slightly recurved s.e. blade of thick wedge section with double back fullers and double scallops toward the point. Hatched integral bolster. Two piece contoured bone grips with incised medial and borders. Iron tang with lam... (read more)
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$325.00
One of the least understood of all weapons is the Indian throwing ring knife variously known as the Chakram, Chakra, Chakar, Chakram Quoit, Quoit and probably others. Generally thought to be the exclusive provenance of the Sikhs, Egerton shows a broad bla... (read more)
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$375.00
Iron hilt with tall minaret form pommel. Both sides decorated with panel of koranic calligraphy to the base and pommel. The grip with field of toothy lines and central panels of silver kuftgari. Scabbard decorated to match with silver stylized foliage pan... (read more)
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One of the least understood of all weapons is the Indian throwing ring knife variously known as the Chakram, Chakra, Chakar, Chakram Quoit, Quoit and probably others. Generally thought to be the exclusive provenance of the Sikhs, Egerton shows a broad bla... (read more)
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$4,600.00
Of surviving shields of this type, nearly all of which are in museums, this example evidently is among the very the largest. It dates to about 900-800 BC and is finely worked bronze in bands of repeated abstract motifs, evidently with mystical significanc... (read more)
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$925.00
Of large size, decorated with three principle figures of mounted noble hunters, one with bow drawn, surrounded by a variety of wild animals, birds, shrines and a single male figure, probably a beater. The edge decorated with a band of foliage panels flank... (read more)
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Total length 18 1/8. One piece, distinctive form with raised edge waisted grip for inset bone or wood grips long ago perished. Diamond section elongated leaf shaped blade with particularly sharp point. Professionally conserved with mottled patina. Crisp w... (read more)
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$165.00
Second millennium B.C. 5.25-5.35" width varying somewhat from pinch pot construction (not wheel turned). Gray polished ware with flat bottom bearing archaeologists notation PERSIAN/LWRNC MAY 1899 /P2101, that notation very possibly identifiable to the exp... (read more)
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17th-18th century. Iron hilt with canted quillons and stylized monster head terminal knuckle bow. Dished pommel with scalloped edge dome and broadly expanded medial grip. The quillon block with a brass flower head surrounding a securing pin. Hilt brown ov... (read more)
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17th-18th century. Large size. 21" diameter, thick hide, domed form with upturned edge. Four iron domed boss anchoring the grips and knuckle pad on the reveres (both complete and a little tattered). The edge with double pierced holes for hanging. Well pre... (read more)
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$775.00
17th-18th century. 29 1/2" slightly curved blade with triple fullers and crescent among stars motif to both sides. Elegant brass guard of characteristic form with lobed quillon and arms. The quillon block engraved in foliage one side and intertwined matri... (read more)
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Large example with 33 7/8" deeply curved wedge section blade with edge running out to the hilt. Surface smooth with gray coloration. A few tiny spots of new storage or finger rust, strictly superficial. Iron hilt. Swelled grip with ring above. Straight he... (read more)
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$650.00
Iron hilt with broad hemispherical terminaled cross guard. Recurved knuckle bow with monster head terminal. Swelled medial grip and broad flat pommel with pierced and fretted dge X... (read more)
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Made of hide, this shield is from a well known group including an identical example in the Royal Ontario Museum, #914.25.6. Another is illustrated as plate 27 of Edged Weapons, Wilkinson, 1970. It is mounted with four bronze sunflower bosses which secure... (read more)
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All steel with 8 3/8" curved d.e. blade etched completely with both sides with stylized calligraphy and foliage. Iron hilt with crested pommel and flared guard. Curved scabbard with ridged medial terminal. The hilt and scabbard completely covered both sid... (read more)
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$315.00
10 1/2" diameter, thick elephant hide, domed form with upturned edge. Small central depression, perhaps for catching a spear point. Four high floral form bronze bosses. Surface with dull maroon pigment. Reverse with double textile hand grips. Body slightl... (read more)
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Aurangzeb period, 1658-1707. Iron hilt with recurved knuckle bow chiseled overall in stylized foliage and flower heads. This is an early example of the stylized form of decoration introduced by Aurangzeb along with his conservative Islamic policies which... (read more)
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20 5/8" diameter. Hide body of shallow domed form. Four scalloped edge domed iron bosses. Reverse with original hand grips anchored to the bossed and knuckle pad. The surface with original mottled maroon finish (crackled) which obscured the shield at dist... (read more)
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18th century example, fully mounted on its original haft. 66 1/4" length. Iron head with tapered socket and diamond section armor piercing blade, chiseled with stylized foliage at the base. Haft of natural solid core cane with the alternating nubs. Shows... (read more)
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$550.00
Balkan region. 20 3/8" length of elegant proportions. 13 1/4" .60 cal barrel tapered through its length, the breech struck with triple makers marks. Iron stock with original removable ram rod. Brass barrel band and long spurred butt cap. The stock top beh... (read more)
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17th-18th century. Flamboyant form iron head with triangular points and matching side projections. The tapered socket with crested back and chiseled decoration in geometric and stylized foliage. 35 1/2 length with well modeled brass butt cap to the dark w... (read more)
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$1,150.00
4 1/8" s.e. blade of fine contrasting lineal pattern (needle damask) mechanical damask watered steel. Excellent preservation with some very light finish marks as always encountered. Integral short bolster and one piece black buck horn grip with top flat a... (read more)
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18th-early 19th century. 15 3/4 dia, domed. Rolled edge with separate scalloped edge liner and four scalloped edge domed bosses. The entire surface boldly chiseled, the outer band of alternate calligraphy and animal scenes. The broader inner band with ani... (read more)
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7" T back slightly recurved blade. Faceted brass bolster. Scale grips of pinned mother of pearl segments. Brass tang band. Grips with a few tiny chips out and some cracks. Blade shows frosty surface oxidation. Hilt elements likely originally gilt.... (read more)
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$475.00
Iron hilt of broad symmetrical form with straight cross guard and flat pommel. The 31 1/2" blade of unusual form related to the kirach, straight wedge section for most of it length with 8 1/4" false edge forming a spear point. That segment, slightly down... (read more)
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$445.00
Iron hilt of elongated form with bulbous quillon terminals and swelled grip. 32" straight s.e blade with long false edge. Hilt shows frosty uniform oxidation. The blade smooth with few small spots of discoloration and some very active lamination suggestin... (read more)
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18th century. 29 3/4" curved s.e. wedge section blade with raised ricasso. Surface shows mottled patina and some lamination toward the point. The hilt of thick proportions with canted quillons, divided into panels by pellet borders. Central stylized flora... (read more)
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Iron hilt with recurved knuckle bow, faceted tear drop form pommel terminal and thick grip. Cleaned light to medium pitting with a forging flaw to the right grip. 32" curved s. e blade with long slightly curved false edge and broad shallow fuller. Concent... (read more)
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$325.00
30" curved s.e. blade with broad fuller and long false edge. Heavy hilt with recurved knuckle bow and large flat dick pommel with a side lug to contact the armor. Refurbished for use in British colonial service in the 19th century. The blade and hilt with... (read more)
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