A swordsman's rapier with a thick blade, Hispano-Portuguese, 17th century. The thick blade has a lenticular cross-section and a small faceted iron pommel with a rivet button, securing the guard branch[...]
This dagger is a Scottish Dirk. Its early style dates it to the 17th century. The Scottish Dirk, an emblematic weapon of the Highlanders, derives directly from the so-called "ballock dagger " or "kidn[...]
Solid wrought iron, head and socket of a single forge, assembled by riveting with a twisted shaft.Mass of command - or officer nadziak - entirely forged in solid iron. The head and socket come from th[...]
This morion is probably Spanish, or perhaps Italian. It is of late manufacture, so it can be dated to the second half of the 17th century. Indeed, it is lighter than the robust (and rare) morions from[...]
A straight, rigid thrusting dagger with a chain-piercing point and longitudinal fullers pierced with trefoil and cruciform motifs on the first half. The cylindrical guard terminates in small spherical[...]
This bombardier's dagger is quite exceptional, due to its unusual size and especially its attribution to the Tercio Viejo de Zamora. The Spanish tercios were renowned in the 16th and 17th centuries [...]
Iron and bone powder flask decorated with Adam and Eve surrounded by forest animals (rabbits, wild boar and snake coiled around the tree of knowledge). On the back, there are three separate graduated [...]
This is a beautiful and long rapier called "a la taza" in Italian style that can be dated to the mid-17th century. The very deep bowl of the Taza corresponds to Italian taste. The very large arms "fin[...]
This rapier called "taza rapier" (rapier with bowl guard) dates from the first half of the 17th century. It comes from the region of South Germany with an Italian influence. If the very deep bowl corr[...]
This rapier is a typical Spanish model. The blade dates from the 17th century, it is the work of the famous and prestigious Enrique Coel / Coll, or Heinrich Coel /Kohl (several spellings exist) who wa[...]
Miniature knife used for sharpening quills. Spanish work from the 17th or 18th century. A miniature version of the classic Spanish knife, made in Albacete. Bronze and bone handle. Dimensions: 7.5 cm.
Exquisite Bone-Inlaid Stock | Functional Iron Sight | Superb Historical Craftsmanship
A beautifully preserved and exceptionally crafted 17th-century hunting crossbow, originating from Switzerland or [...]
HAUTE EPOQUE, CUTLERY COLLECTIONImportant italien hunting dagger, richly engraved steel, and ebony (?) handle decorated with engraved iron platesThe knife has retained its original embossed leather sc[...]
Spanish wrought iron rapier (Taza)Very flexible blade. The bell is worn and perforated. The fusee is wooden and split. The blade has been repolished. Some dents on the quillons. Total length 106 cm. S[...]
This armet is probably Germanic, a very similar example is exhibited, mounted on a half cuirassier armor, dated from the 4th quarter of the 16th century, at the Museum of Art and History of Geneva. Ot[...]
17th Century, large stiletto (40 cm) called "misericorde" in wrought iron and steel. The fully forged fuse has slightly domed sides, olive pommel, guard with two curved quillons, ending in a heart wit[...]
Renaissance dagger (knife dagger) - Excavated piece, 17th centuryThe steel has suffered from time and is corroded. The corrosion has stabilized and the whole remains solid. The filigree on the wooden [...]
Ring dagger, called left hand, LOUIS XIII° - LOUIS XIV° - XVII° period, origin ITALY or SPAIN. Iron mount with fluted olive pommel and rivet button. Filigree steel wire fuse. Guard with curved quillon[...]
This stiletto is typically Italian, and can be dated to the 17th century. This type of weapon was used to inflict narrow and deep wounds, very difficult to treat at the time. The section of this blade[...]
Spain, Toledo, 17th century taza rapier. Iron mount with filigree reverse chevron fuse and thin band with baguettes. Faceted olive pommel and prominent rivet button. Symmetrical straight quillon endin[...]
Large and rare crossbow with a block called a "windlass". Straight arbor with a small shoe in fruitwood, bone table decorated with lines and adorned with coats of arms in succession. Strong bow and st[...]
Rapier in Taza, SPAIN, 17th - 18th century. Iron frame in the shape of a shell with one branch. Wooden fuse and pommel in urn with sides and rivet button. Straight quillon. Strong straight blade with [...]
Gilded bronze medal representing on one side Saint John the Baptist with the inscription S IOAN . BAPTIST and on the other the holy house of Nazareth carried by two angels SAN. CASA ROMA. This type of[...]
This duelling rapier is very unusual. It is a so-called "flamberge" rapier of Toledo origin, which dates from the early years of the 17th century. The blade bears the prestigious signature of Francisc[...]
Decorative part of a horse bit from the 17th century, gilded bronze. An archaeological find for sale with a 17th century Delft tile. Diameter: 7.5 cm. Height: 3.2 cm.
This sword can be classified as war rapier, or cavalry sword, depending on the authors. It is fromGermanic manufacture, and dates from the first quarter of the 17th century.
BLADE: It has a lenticul[...]
It is a so-called "pillow" rapier which, strictly speaking, was placed at the bedside to allow its owner to have a weapon on hand in the event of a nocturnal attack. In a broader sense, the so-called [...]
Rare large bronze Saint-Benoit medal. On the obverse, we can see Saint Benedict face-on, his right hand outstretched and his left hand holding his saint's toga. Inscriptions: SP BENEDICTUS On the reve[...]
Strong cavalry sword with Walloon type mount, probably from Central Europe, from the 17th - 18th century. Brass frame with pommel in the shape of a lion's head with short mane. Guard with 2 branches w[...]
Burgundian helmet in wrought iron from the 17th century. Excellent condition for this very beautiful complete piece with crest and small visor and nape with hemmed edges and movable cheeks. Turned woo[...]
This is a beautiful, elegant ring dagger dating from the second half of the 17th century. His style already foreshadows the shapes that would be fashionable at the beginning of the 18th century. It mo[...]
SPANISH IRON SWORD called bivalve, 18th century. 25880AJC. Iron sword called bivalve. Asymmetrical shell with molded edge larger on the guard side than the counter-guard. Straight cylindrical quillons[...]
Although Walloons from the end of the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th century are encountered from time to time, earlier cavalry swords are much rarer. This weapon is a dragon sword, which [...]
German hunting dagger guard in bronze richly decorated with a lion hunting scene, topped with the crown of the Holy Roman Empire, and on the lower part a Diana the huntress. Very fine ornamentation wi[...]
This rapier is mounted in an austere manner, reflecting the taste of its owner. It is simple but nothing is missing, the blade is solid, the bowl is made of thick metal, the quillons are robust and th[...]
Medieval style sunbonnet helmet in worked and forged metal from the 17th and 18th centuries. Excellent condition for this complete and very decorative piece with its adjustable vertical axis, its arti[...]
Powder flask engraved with a griffin hunting scene
17th century
Horn and iron
H. 27.5cm - L. 10cm
Horn engraved with a griffin hunting scene by two soldiers in arms, circles on the reverse and r[...]
Swiss sabers are rare on the market. Often, those which one meets are unfortunately incomplete, and in rather poor state.
This one is complete, with the original guard shell and grip wire binding. Ev[...]
Helmet Bourguignotte
Stamp with crest forged in one piece
Visor fixed by rivets, pierced and articulated cheeks
Removable nose and plume holder at the back
17th century
Height: 26 cm
very decorative morion with etchings
helmet forged from one single piece
decorations bearing unidentified coats of arms
probably Germany or flanders
old small repair of period on edge
helmet and [...]
Venice, Italy, late XVIth or early XVIIth cty
Stunning and very rare embossed Leather Powder Horn, chiseled with flowered vase on pedestals, and mascarons,...
The powder pear consists of 2 parts w[...]
It is a beautiful Taza rapier, of Spanish inspiration but of Germanic manufacture.
It can be dated between the last quarter of the 16th century and the first quarter of the 17th century.
BLADE: It p[...]
Spanish cavalry rapier, late 17th early 18th.
This rapier is a transitional piece between the ending 17th century and the beginning of the 18th century. It is a precursor of strong cavalry swords use[...]
German cavalry wallone, circa 1600, in original state without any restoration
BLADE : Strong wallone blade, 2 cutting edges which begin after a short ricasso. Narrow central fuller on the first 26 c[...]
This is a beautiful breastplate, dating from around 1600.
The breast plte is originally manufactured in 3 hot-riveted parts: A central part and two side parts.
On the side parts there is a passage f[...]
Powder pear in deer antler. Period late sixteenth / early seventeenth. Germany. Deer antler carved and engraved on all sides. The front is composed of a bas-relief sculpture of a man armed with a swor[...]
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