All artworks

An Equestrian Portrait of a Nobleman in Armour, Attributed to Pasquale Ottino,
An Equestrian Portrait, c. 1578 – 1630
A Cased Five-shot Percussion Pepperbox Revolver by Parker, Field & Sons,
A Cased Pepperbox Revolver, c. 1850
A Horse-Tack Plaquette
A Horse-Tack Plaquette c. 1400 - 1500
A Rare Iron Fretwork Stirrup,
A Rare Iron Fretwork Stirrup, c. 1550-70
A Fine Kolāh Khud, Shield and Arm Guard,
A Fine Kolāh Khud, Shield and Arm Guard, Qajar Dynasty, c. 1820-40
A Knightly Medieval Helmet Skull of Barbuta Type,
A Knightly Medieval Helmet Skull, mid-15th century
A Horseman’s Hammer or Streithammer, the Haft Entirely Encased in Iron,
A Horseman’s Hammer, c. 1500-1525
A Fine Breast and Backplate for the Field, in the Manner of Kolman Helmschmid, Etched by or by a Follower of the Printmaker Daniel Hopfer the Elder,
A Fine Breast and Backplate for the Field, c. 1525-30
A Tibetan Pen Case,
A Tibetan Pen Case, 15th-16th century
A Two Hand Sword of Knightly Quality or Montante,
A Two Hand Sword of Knightly Quality or Montante, c. 1500-1530
A Bronze Corinthian Helmet,
A Bronze Corinthian Helmet, 625-550 B.C.
A Close Helmet for a Louis XIII Cuirassier Armour,
A Close Helmet for a Louis XIII Cuirassier Armour, c. 1620-30
A Pendant,
A Pendant, 12th-14th century
A Rare Swiss Snaphance Wildfowling Gun, by Jaques Aubert,
A Rare Snaphance Wildfowling Gun, c. 1660
A Turban Helmet or Migfer,
A Turban Helmet or Migfer, late 15th century
A Dagger, or Tanto
A Tanto, blade late 16th century
A Parade Partizan for the Bodyguard Of Duke August Wilhelm Of Brunswick-Wolfenbãœttel,
A Brunswick Partizan, dated 1718
An Important Renaissance Hand-and-a-Half Sword,
An Important Renaissance Sword, c. 1490 – 1500
A French Louis XIV Etched Sergeant's Partisan, or Spontoon,
A French Sergeant's Spontoon, c. 1652-1714
A Magnificent and Rare Royal British or Hanoverian Huntsman’s Satchel,
A Rare Royal British or Hanoverian Huntsman’s Satchel, c. 1714-27
A Nuremberg Wheellock Sporting Carbine,
A Nuremberg Sporting Carbine, c. 1570 - 80
A Pair of Tibetan Stirrups,
A Pair of Tibetan Stirrups, 16th-18th century
A Medieval Buckle,
A Medieval Buckle, 14th century
A Japanese Military Hat or Jingasa, bearing a Suji-Chigai Mon,
A Jingasa or Military Hat, 18th-19th Century
A Fine Thirty Eight Plate Akoda-Nari Bachi Kabuto,
An Akoda-Nari Bachi Kabuto, 17th-19th century
A Rare Quiver for Crossbow Bolts,
A Quiver for Crossbow Bolts, c. 1500
A Horse Pendant,
A Horse Pendant, 12th-14th century
A North Indian Shield or Dhal,
A North Indian Shield or Dhal, 19th century
An All-Steel Combined Priming-Flask and Wheel-Lock Key,
A Priming-Flask and Key, Early 17th century
A Rare Guri-Bori Ichimonji, or Flat Jingasa,
A Flat Ichimonji Jingasa, 18th-19th century
A Harness Pendant,
A Harness Pendant, 13th-15th century
A Knightly Mace of German Gothic Type, for Field Combat,
A Gothic Mace, c. 1470-1500
A Gold and Silver-Gilt Pandan Taken at the Siege of Seringapatam,
A Gold and Silver-Gilt Pandan, 18th century
A French Prisoner of War Ship Model,
A Prisoner of War Ship Model, c. 1790-1800
A Dagger or Katar,
A Katar, late 17th century
A Very Rare and Historic Bronze 6-Pdr ‘Drake’ Cast for the Rotterdam Admiralty by Cornelis Ouderogge, from the site of the Battle of Lowestoft fought on 13th June 1665,
An Historic Bronze 6-Pdr ‘Drake’ by Cornelis Ouderogge, dated 1658
An Important Two-Handed Bearing Sword, Carried by a Soldier of the State Guard of the Duke of Brunswick,
An Important Two-Handed Bearing Sword, dated 1573
A Close Helmet of Heavy Cavalry Type,
A Close Helmet c. 1570-80
An Australian Signed and Engraved Presentation Powderhorn,
An Australian Powderhorn, dated 1862
A Late Medieval Helmet Skull of Barbuta Type,
A Late Medieval Helmet Skull, c. 15th century
An English Gold-encrusted Small-Sword and Scabbard, by Charles Bibb, Newport Street, London
An English Gold-encrusted Small-Sword, c. 1735-40
A Harness Pendant,
Harness Pendant, 13th - 14th century
An Exceptional French Silver-Gilt Small-sword,
An Exceptional French Small-sword, 1774-80
A Cased Pair of Percussion Target Pistols by Joseph Egg,
A Cased Pair of Pistols by Egg, c. 1830
Harness Pendant,
Harness Pendant, 13th-15th century
A Wheel-lock Holster Pistol bearing the Personal Arms of Archduke Matthias of Austria, King of Hungary and of Bohemia, later Holy Roman Emperor (1612-19), the Stock involving a Concealed Extension to the Butt, possibly a Unique Development,
A Wheel-lock Pistol bearing the Arms of Archduke Matthias of Austria, c. 1608-12
A Riding Sword with Silver-Encrusted Hilt of Distinguished Quality,
A Riding Sword with Silver-Encrusted Hilt, c. 1600
A Rare Gothic Crossbow,
A Gothic Crossbow, c. 1450-75
A Large Masterpiece Chest or Door Lock,
A Large Masterpiece Chest or Door Lock, c. 1740
A Hunting Sword with an Amber Grip,
A Hunting Sword, c. 1682-96/7
Harness Pendant,
Harness Pendant, 12th - 14th century
A Comb Morion of the Trabantenleibgarde of the  Prince-Electors of Saxony,
A Comb Morion of the Trabantenleibgarde, c. 1580-1600
A Nuremberg Armour Intended for Pikemen or Halberdiers (Knechtsharnisch),
A Nuremberg Armour, c. 1570-80
A Finely Mounted Koto Katana,
A Koto Katana, c. 1450
A Mughal Katar,
A Mughal Katar, Early 18th century
A Processional Partisan of the Bodyguard of Count Paris Von Lodron, Prince Archbishop of Salzburg,
A Processional Partisan, dated 1620
A Medieval Gilt-Bronze Saddlery Pendant,
A Saddlery Pendant, c. 1250-1350
A Large Masterpiece Chest or Door Lock,
A Large Masterpiece Chest or Door Lock, c. 1740
An Exceptionally Rare Pair of Buff Leather Gauntlets,
A Pair of Buff Leather Gauntlets, mid-17th century
An Austrian Archer’s Pavise,
An Austrian Archer’s Pavise, mid-15th century
A Seal,
A Seal, 14th century
A Badge,
A Badge, 14th – 16th century
An English Silver-Mounted Hunting Sword,
An English Hunting Sword, dated 1752
An Elegantly Mounted Shinto Katana,
A Shinto Katana, c. 1670
A French Prisoner of War Ship Model,
A Prisoner of War Ship Model, c. 1800
A Fine and Rare Dagger or Khanjar,
A Rare Dagger or Khanjar 18th - 19th century
A Left-Hand Dagger of the Trabantenleibgarde of the Prince Electors of Saxony,
A Trabantenleibgarde Dagger, c. 1590
A Large Pierced Japanese Arrowhead,
A Large Pierced Japanese Arrowhead, c. 1650
A Horse Pendant,
A Horse Pendant, 13th-14th century
The Cover Binding-Plates from a Secular Book Made for the Personal Court Library of the Saxon Elector Johann Georg I (r. 1611-56)
The Cover Binding-Plates of a Courtly Book, c. 1635-56
A Pair of Flintlock Turn-off Pocket Pistols by R. Allen, Birmingham,
A Pair of Turn-off Pocket Pistols, 1800
A Belt Terminal,
A Belt Terminal, Mid-14th – 15th century
A Saddle Axe-head, Early Qajar Dynasty,
A Saddle Axe-head, c. 1800
A Pair of Medieval Pendants,
A Pair of Pendants, 13th-15th century
A Tibetan Ceremonial Staff Finial,
A Tibetan Staff Finial, 17th century
A Breastplate for a Munition Foot Armour or ‘Krebse’,
A Breastplate or 'Krebse', c. 1508-10
A Pair of Flintlock Turn-off Pocket Pistols by Waters,
A Pair of Pocket Pistols, c. 1800
A Flemish Shaffron,
A Flemish Shaffron, c. 1520-30
A Dagger or Tanto,
A Tanto, c. 1750
An attractively Mounted Shinshinto Handachi Katana,
A Shinshinto Handachi Katana, c. 1850
A Pair of Sword Cases or Katana-Zutsu with Hoshi and Aoi Kamons,
A Pair of Katana-Zutsu, 18th-19th century
A Highland Officer’s Broadsword with Basket-Hilt in the Manner of John Allen (2) of Stirling, mounted with an Exceptional Blade by Peter Henkel of Solingen,
A Basket-Hilted Broadsword, c. 1775-95
An Important Augsburg Heavy Field Armour, attributed to the Habsburg Court Armourer Desiderius Helmschmid (1513-79) and to the etcher Jörg Sorg,
An Exceptional Armour, dated 1545
A Pair of Crane-Neck Rowel-Spurs Heavily Damascened in Silver,
A Pair of Crane-Neck Rowel-Spurs, mid-17th century
A Turquoise Decorated Himalayan Dagger,
A Himalayan Dagger, 18th-19th century
A German Left-hand Dagger,
A German Left-hand Dagger, c. 1570-80
A Wheel-Lock Belt Pistol by Peter Danner,
A Wheel-Lock Belt Pistol, c. 1583
A Mount for a Horse Harness,
A Mount for a Horse Harness, 13th-15th century
A Left-hand Dagger,
A Left-hand Dagger, c. 1600
An Extremely Rare Pair of Saddle Swipe-Guards (Dilgen) for use in the ‘Joust of War’ (Rennen),
A Pair of Dilgen for the Joust of War, c. 1500-1510
An English Hunting Hanger,
An English Hunting Hanger, c. 1697-1715
A Pair of Early Georgian Flintlock Pocket Pistols by Benjamin Brooke,
A Pair of Early Georgian Pocket Pistols, c. 1720-25
An Artillery Officer’s Partisan of the Army of the Emperor Leopold I,
An Artillery Officer’s Partisan, c. 1660-80
An Indian Gold-Mounted Small-Sword Presented by Warren Hastings, Governor-General of India, to Lieutenant Colonel John Edmonson of the Bengal Army,
An Important Gold Indian Small-Sword, dated 1785
A Spinning Jingasa,
A Spinning Jingasa, Edo Period, c. 1800
A Japanese Military Hat or Jingasa,
A Jingasa or Military Hat, 19th century
An Anamorphic Candlestick,
An Anamorphic Candlestick, c. 19th century
An Etched Cranequin for Spanning a Crossbow,
An Etched Cranequin, c. 1570-80
A Japanese Saddle or Kura,
A Japanese Saddle or Kura, c. 1688-1704
A Sporting Crossbow, or Halbe Rüstung,
A Sporting Crossbow, 17th century
A Pair of Stirrups in the Louis XV Neo-classical Fashion,
A Pair of Louis XV Stirrups, c. 1770
A Horse Pendant,
A Horse Pendant, 13th-15th century
A Pair of Bronze Saluting Cannon,
A Pair of Bronze Saluting Cannon, dated 1671
A Silver-Hilted Small-Sword made for a Child, together with its Scabbard,
A Silver-Hilted Small-Sword for a Child, c. 1720
An Anglo-Saxon Shield Boss and Corresponding Pair of Fittings,
An Anglo-Saxon Shield Boss, c. 650
An Etching with Engraving by Daniel Hopfer (1470-1536) of Kunz von der Rosen, Court Jester of Emperor Maximillian I. From the collection of Friedrich August II, King of Saxony (1797-1854) with his collector's mark,
An Etching with Engraving by Daniel Hopfer (1470-1536), c. 1515
A Pair of Flintlock Pocket Pistols by Goodwin & Co,
A Pair of Flintlock Pocket Pistols c. 1810
A Shaffron for Pageant and Tournament use, likely that of a Member of the Noble del Carretto Family,
A Shaffron, c. 1620-40
A Bridle and Fittings,
A Bridle and Fittings, 16th - 18th century
A Joint Armorial Plaque in the Rococo Fashion,
An Armorial Plaque, dated 1758
A Fine Blue-laced Hon-Kozane ni-mai-do Gusoku, or Armour,
A Samurai Armour, Edo Period, c. 1630
A Pair of Officer’s Pistol Holsters,
A Pair of Officer’s Pistol Holsters, c. 1765
A Collection of Japanese Sword Guards, or Namban Tsubas,
Japanese Sword Guards, Edo Period, 18th -19th c
A Mace or Gorz,
A Mace or Gorz, 16th-17th century
A Silver-Mounted Hunting-Knife or Hauswehr,
A Silver-Mounted Hunting-Knife, early 16th century
A Throwing spear or Hlan,
A Throwing spear or Hlan, 19th century
A German Staghorn Powder-flask Carved in Relief after an Original Engraved Print by Heinrich Aldegrever of Soest,
A German Powder-flask, mid-17th Century
A Pair of Bronze Saluting Cannon,
A Pair of Bronze Saluting Cannon, c. 1780
A Rare Battery of Three Saluting Cannon in the Northern Baroque Fashion, made for a Member of the Prominent Danish Bielcke Family by the Gunfounder Albrecht Benningck, Master Gun- and Bellfounder (Rotgießer) to the Hanseatic City of Lübeck,
A Rare Battery of Three Saluting Cannon, dated 1678
A Silver-Hilted Small-Sword made for a Child, together with its Scabbard,
A Small-Sword for a Child, c. 1720-30
An Etched State Glaive, or Kuse, carried by the Hof-Leibgarde-Arcièren of The Emperor Leopold I,
An Etched State Glaive, or Kuse, dated 1666
An Indian Katar,
An Indian Katar, c. 1850
A German (Saxon) Small Wheel-lock Holster Pistol Made for a Boy, Almost Certainly a Young Noble of the Electoral Court, with Fruitwood Stock Inlaid with Engraved Staghorn and the Lock with Fire-Gilt Brass Mounts, c. 1600
A Small Wheel-lock Holster Pistol Made for a Boy, c. 1600
A Horse Pendant,
A Horse Pendant, 13th-14th century
A Brace of Double-Barrelled Silver-Mounted Flintlock de Luxe Sporting Guns by Blanchard, Arqubusier à Paris, Nos. 189 and 190,
A Brace of Sporting Guns by Blanchard, dated 1825
A Full-Sized Heavy Sporting Crossbow, or Ganze Rüstung,
A Heavy Sporting Crossbow, late 16th century
A Rare Tibetan Cymbal Case,
A Tibetan Cymbal Case, 18th-19th century
A Fine Medieval Heraldic Horse Pendant,
A Medieval Heraldic Pendant, c. 1275
A Harness Pendant,
A Harness Pendant, 12th-13th century
A Small-sword Hilt of Steel Chiseled in Low Relief,
A Chiseled Sword Hilt, c. 1780
A Tibetan Harness Fitting,
A Tibetan Harness Fitting, 19th century
A Fine and Very Rarely Found British Engraved Powderhorn of the Seven Years War,
A Rare British Powderhorn, c. 1763
A North Italian Etched Circular Shield or Brocchiere for Combat on Foot,
A North Italian Etched Circular Shield, c. 1580-90
A Cased Six-shot Percussion Pepperbox Revolver by Samuel Nock, London,
A Cased pepperbox Revolver, c. 1850
A German Hunting-Knife or Hauswehr,
A German Hunting-Knife, 16th century
A Cased Pair of Flintlock Box-lock Pocket Pistols by William Mills,
A Pair of Pocket Pistols by William Mills, c. 1825
A Pair of Long Flintlock Holster Pistols by Savari,
A Pair of Pistols by Savari, c. 1665-70
A Bronze Cannon for Light Field or Ceremonial Use,
A Bronze Cannon, dated 1574
A Japanese Saddle or Kura,
A Japanese Saddle or Kura, dated 1661
A Medieval Sword of Hand-and-a Half Size,
A Medieval Sword, c. 1410-60
A Fine Indian Dagger, or Khanjar,
A Fine Indian Dagger, or Khanjar, 19th century
An English Bronze Seal, Depicting Two Cocks Fighting,
An English Bronze Seal Early 15th century
A Group of Twenty Arrowheads or Yanone, in a Wooden Rack
Japanese Arrowheads in a Wooden Rack, 19th Century
A Sporting Crossbow of Halbe Rüstung Type,
A Sporting Crossbow, c. 1660-1700
A Very Fine Bronze Cannon attributed to the Foundries of Hans Christoph Löffler,
A Very Fine Bronze Cannon, c. 1550
A Cuisse for the Left Leg, in the Manner of Jörg Sorg,
A Cuisse for the Left Leg, c. 1550
A Bridle Mount,
A Tibetan Bridle Mount, 17th – 18th century
An Early Fluted ‘Maximilian’ Three-Quarter Length Field Armour,
A ‘Maximilian’ Field Armour, c. 1505 - 1515
An Historic Large Press for a Seal Matrix, bearing the Arms of the Archbishopric of Salzburg quartered with the figure of St. Rudbertus,
An Historic Large Press for a Seal Matrix, c. 1760
A Horseman’s Hammer or Streithämmer,
A Horseman’s Hammer, 16th - 17th century
A Half-Armour of Blued Steel, da Piede, Etched, Engraved and Gilt,
A Half-Armour of Blued Steel, c. 1580-1600
A Flintlock Sporting Gun by Bourcier,
A Sporting Gun by Bourcier, dated 1762
A Mount for a Horse Harness,
A Mount, 13th-15th century
A Priming-Flask Made Entirely of Gilt-Brass,
A Priming-Flask, c. 1690
A Harness Pendant,
A Harness Pendant, 13th-14th century
A Thuringian Wheellock Sporting Rifle Stocked by the Master B B,
A Thuringian Wheellock Sporting Rifle, dated 1653
An Etched Cranequin for Spanning a Crossbow,
An Etched Cranequin, dated 1582
A Large Masterpiece Chest or Door Lock,
A Large Masterpiece Chest or Door Lock, c. 1720
A Swept-Hilt Rapier with Silver-Encrusted Hilt,
A Swept-Hilt Rapier with Silver-Encrusted Hilt, c. 1610
A Rare English Flintlock Fowling-Piece, by Joseph Bunney,
An English Flintlock Fowling-Piece, c. 1780
A Horseman’s Hammer or Reiterhammer,
A Horseman’s Hammer, c. 1530-50
A Fine Glaive Made for the Guard of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II,
A Fine Glaive, dated 1564
An Historic Pair of Bronze Cannon, Cast by the Spanish Gunfounder Mathias Solano, and Given by King George III of England to Major General John Graves Simcoe in 1798,
An Historic Pair of Bronze Cannon, dated 1747
An Exceptional Dagger, or Khanjar
An Exceptional Khanjar, 17th-18th century
A Dagger, or Tanto
A Tanto, dated 1805
A Pair of Silver Mounted Flintlock Holster Pistols by Henry Hadley, London,
A Pair of Holster Pistols by Hadley, c. 1761
A Subaltern Officer’s Partisan of the Seven Years War period, bearing the Cyphers of the Emperor Francis I and the Empress Maria Theresa,
An Austrian Officer’s Partisan, c. 1760
Harness Pendant,
Harness Pendant, 13th - 15th century
A State Parade Halberd of the Personal Bodyguard of Elector Christian II of Saxony,
A State Parade Halberd, c. 1600
A Harness Pendant,
A Harness Pendant, 13th-14th century
A Japanese Military Hat or Jingasa,
A Japanese Military Hat or Jingasa, 19th century
An Embossed and Gilded Parade Shield, in Renaissance Style,
An Embossed and Gilded Parade Shield, 19th Century
A Complete Defence for the Right Arm, for an Armour made for the German Joust, or Stechzeug,
A Complete Defence for the Right Arm, c. 1530-35
A Western European ‘Hand and a Half Sword',
A ‘Hand and a Half Sword', c. 1330 - 1370