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This fine armor was intended to be equally suitable for war or the tournament. For the tournament, it is designed for foot combat in which two adversaries fought armed with poleax or broadsword. ... (read more)
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Among Cossacks, the hetman was the military commander. The title was used from the end of the 16th to the mid 18th centuries by the Ukrainian Cossacks. ... (read more)
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$4,400.00
This sword is distinguished by its particularly finely chiseled and pierced iron hilt.... (read more)
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Provenance: The Boston Museum of Fine Art
Exhibited: The John Woodman Higgins Armory, Worcester Massachusetts, 1974-92... (read more)
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$5,650.00
The balance of the field is blackened, the transversely stippled brim polished in the "white" as well. The curved brim upturned in fine sweeping terminals. Black and white armor was produced in Germany and used both domestically and exported.... (read more)
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Its high rounded upper hilt bar dates this rapier to the first quarter of the 17th century. ... (read more)
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This is a cutting sword designed to be most effective against leather or partial plate armor. ... (read more)
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$26,800.00
The heavy one piece iron skull is large enough to accommodate the internal padding needed for the tilt. The roped comb provides a cushion against a blow or cut. ... (read more)
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This charming dagger incorporates a fluted shell guard above the conventional ring guard in a deceptively pleasing arrangement. ... (read more)
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$6,600.00
This is a fine example of the swept-hilt rapier as it evolved into larger form suitable for fighting on horseback. ... (read more)
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$1,475.00
Napoleonic period, late 18th century. Brass hilt, formerly gilt, with elaborately detailed plumed helmet form pommel. Boat form guard with stippled shell splay terminal and raised segmented convex band, each segment with central dot motif. ... (read more)
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This elegant swords draws its inspiration from its Mediterranean counterparts. ... (read more)
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$5,900.00
The surface deeply and crisply chiseled with a central demonic face in a medallion emanating a radial aurora in geometric gold overlay. The field of finely chiseled foliage with each ray terminating in a panel displaying a symmetrical spreading foliage..... (read more)
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$8,800.00
This example represents the rapier at its zenith. The solid iron cup with roped top edge rolled inward is decorated with intertwined bands enclosing panels decorated with foliage inhabited by beasts.
Blade length: 42 1/2”... (read more)
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$19,000.00
No single form or date can be given to the point at which the rapier evolved. However, accepting the common definition, this example comes very close to that point, retaining the principal attributes of the Gothic broadsword, straight cross guard and w...... (read more)
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$26,400.00
The form of this helmet is characteristic of Nuremburg burgonets made in the last quarter of the 16th century. Its one peice skull rises to a high backswept comb which is beautifully etched each side with mythological creatures surrounded by foliage on...... (read more)
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$9,100.00
This fine rapier is distinguished by retaining considerable original gold overlay. It gives us a glimpse of what most fine weapons would have looked like when they were being used. While most rapiers survive in the white, with bare iron surfaces, eac...... (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.... (read more)
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The arbalete or pellet crossbow was used primarily as a hunting weapon. As such, its use was restricted to nobility and the aristocracy. ... (read more)
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$3,300.00
This sword is mounted with a steel hilt, finely chiseled in flags and military trophies. The decoration is in panels gilt overall in the Italian taste. The grip is finely wrapped in steel wire and copper bands, originally gilt. The blade, swelled at th...... (read more)
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$8,700.00
In the 17th century, the streets of Spanish towns and cities were treacherous. A mans worth was judged by his dress and his vulnerability, by the weapon he carried. This rapier was worn in the streets and its boldly decorated hilt advertised at dista...... (read more)
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This example represents one of the most elegant forms from the evolution of the cross bow. As they were used for hunting, sufficient numbers have survived in good condition for accurate dating and typology.... (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 signifi...... (read more)
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$11,800.00
The morion was the helmet of choice in Italy while the military in Germany wore burgonets almost exclusively. Special guard units who protected royalty, the nobility and elite clergy wore morions in Germany for their exotic form as well as for protecti...... (read more)
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This fine sword is from a group discussed in Culloden The Swords and Sorrows, where two additional examples, 1:41 and 1:42, are illustrated.
Blade length: 33 1/8”... (read more)
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The 46 5/8” tapered diamond section blade with its spatulate swelled tip represents an extreme even for its type. Blades of this extraordinary length were in vogue for only about a decade, 1635-45, and are almost always found on dish hilts. ... (read more)
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$10,500.00
This sword is from a group studied by A. V. B. Norman which is believed have been made for Life Guard Officers. A closely related example, property of the Queen, is at Windsor Castle, No.760.
Blade length: 27 1/4”... (read more)
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$3,200.00
This dirk served an officer of a Scottish regiment in the English Army, perhaps during the Napoleonic Wars. Its hilt combines traditional Scottish styling with faceted iron studs intended to glitter in candle lit social events. ... (read more)
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$2,950.00
This sword dates to a period of turmoil for England. With an expanding empire and the residue of the Seven Years War making increased demands on her military, her defenses were thinly spread and worn. In fact, the success of the American Revolution is ...... (read more)
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