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An Interesting Late 17th/Early 18th Century Shotley Bridge General Purpose Knife, the 23.5cm single edge steel blade with slightly curved back edge, one side engraved SHOTLEY, with rivetted bone handle, 36cm £100 - 150
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A Victorian 1827 Pattern Infantry Officer's Sword, the 82cm single edge fullered steel blade etched with Royal cypher and scrolling foliage, by Gobby & Co., Leicester St., Regent St., London, the brass gothic hilt pierced and cast with Royal cypher, with hinged guard, wire bound fishskin grip and brass scabbard, 98cm £150 - 250
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A Victorian Rifle Regiment Officer's Sword, the 82.5cm single edge fullered steel blade etched with Queen's crown, crossed standards, strung bugle, with Proved poincon, steel gothic hilt pierced and engraved with a strung bugle, with wire bound fishskin grip and leather scabbard, 100cm £100 - 150
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An Early 20th Century Court Sword, the 80.5cm triangular section steel blade etched with foliage and crossed standards, by Parfitt, Roberts & Parfitt, Jermyn St., London, the cut steel hilt with shell guard and beaded grip, lacks scabbard; a Small Sword, with triangular section blade, the steel hilt with oval guard, facetted grip and urn pommel, lacks scabbard; three Edged Weapons, comprising a fencing foil by Leon Paul, a Burmese Dha with brass banded hilt and wood scabbard, and a copy sword with brown velvet covered scabbard (5) £200 - 250
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A Khyber Type Knife, with 28cm single edge steel blade and walnut grip scales; a Modern Bowie Knife, the blade decorated with a repeating rifle, with teak two piece coffin handle; two Modern Hunting Knives, one with antler handle and leather sheath, the other with Schrade blade and Old Timer black nylon sheath (4) £100 - 150
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A Scottish Skein Dhu, with scallop back steel blade, the ebony grip carved on one side with basket weave, with foil backed stone pommel and leather scabbard with silver coloured metal mounts; a 19th Century Ceylonese Pia Ketta, with clip point steel blade, the horn grip carved with foliage and with copper filigree mounts, lacks scabbard; a 19th Century Small Knife, with reeded ivory grip; a 19th Century Bronze Signal Cannon Barrel, 22cm, lacks carriage; also, a sword scabbard; and a leather swagger stick (6) £180 - 250
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A 19th Century Folding Knife by Joseph Rodgers, Sheffield, the 19cm single edge steel blade with slightly chamfered tip, stamped with maker's name and address No.6 Norfolk St., Sheffield, German silver crossguard and antler grip scales, one side set with release button, the leather scabbard with German silver chape engraved R.QR.MR.SERGT. S.G.HARRISON (HALLAMSHIRE BATT.) 2/4 YORK & LANCS. SHEFFIELD £150 - 250
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An Early 19th Century Mameluke Sword, the 78cm single edge curved steel blade double edged for the last 27cm, the steel hilt with baluster quillons and cruciform langets to the diamond section crossguard, the ivory grip scales with gilt brass foliate rosette rivet and pierced eyelet at the pommel, 92cm, lacks scabbard £100 - 200
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A Kukri, with chromed steel blade, bolster and wood grip, with leather sheath; a Small Kindjal, with horn grip scales and brass scabbard (2) £40 - 60
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A 19th Century Vanuatu War Club, of dark red hardwood, the domed mushroom type pommel over a four lobed head interspersed with triangular section blocks, with cylindrical haft and conical butt, 86cm £150 - 250
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An Early 20th Century Samoan War Club, of dense hard wood, each side of the diamond section head with toothed decoration, on a tapered haft, the flat butt carved with a raised central ridge, 67cm; an Australian Aboriginal Boomerang, one side slightly convex and stone carved with undulating bands, 56.5cm (2) £150 - 250
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A 19th Century North African Dagger, with 18.5cm spear point steel blade, elongated diamond shape steel crossguard, the brass grip inlaid with vertical bands of bone, with brass mounted leather scabbard, 32cm
Provenance:- Recovered after the aftermath of the South Shields riots between Yemeni and British sailors in 1930 £80 - 120
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A Collection of Seven Late 19th/20th Century African Spears, Upper Congo, five with long waisted leaf shape iron heads, two with currency heads, one with plain wood haft, the rest with iron spike butts, together with custom made ebonised wood stands £100 - 200
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A Collection of Seven Late 19th/20th Century African Spears, Upper Congo, most with leaf shape iron heads, one with iron spike butt, five with wood hafts coiled with bands of iron, one with plain wood haft af, together with custom made ebonised wood stands £100 - 200
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A Presentation Kukri to the 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles, the horn grip with chromed pommel, with silver mounted crimson velvet scabbard and two small sharpening knives; a Very Similar Kukri, with silver mounted crimson velvet scabbard; four Nepalese Kukris, three with horn grips and sharpening knives, one with bone grip, all with leather scabbards (6) £120 - 180
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An Arab Jambiya, with simulated amber grip and leather scabbard; a Small Malayan Knife, the wood grip carved as the head of a parrot, with wood scabbard; a Small Kukri, with brass scabbard; a Hunting Knife, the grip made from stacked leather washers, with leather sheath (4) £80 - 120
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A Late 19th Century Zulu Chief's Rhinoceros Horn Walking Stick, with offset ovoid grip, the tapering haft later pierced just below the handle for a wrist strap (lacking) 74cm, 283.5gms £1000 - 2000
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An Early 20th Century Zulu Knobkerrie, of hard wood with deep chestnut coloured patina, the compressed heptagonal head with large natural split, on a tapering haft, the butt with cord bound grip, 74cm £100 - 150
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A Dyak Head Hunter's Mandau, with 57cm clip point steel blade, the bone hilt with woven brass grip, the angled pommel carved with grotesque tusked mask and set with trimmed hair tufts, with rattan bound two piece wood scabbard with palm leaf pouch for a whittling knife - missing, 76cm £80 - 120
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A 19th Century Indo-Persian Hide Dhal, of slightly convex circular form, painted with tendrils on a green field within a border of stiff leaves and tendrils in cream and gold, with four bronze conical bosses holding the red wool hand cushion and handles to the red painted reverse, 47.5cm; a Modern Indian Small Brass Shield, engraved and enamelled with foliage, 27cm by 18cm (2) £200 - 300
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An Indian Small Knife, with single edge steel blade, curved horn handle and brass mounted bone and horn scabbard; a Shillelagh, of dark stained root wood; a Leather Bound Cosh, with leather wrist strap (3) £70 - 80
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An Early 20th Century Papua New Guinea Palm Wood Sword Club, of flattened diamond section, one side lightly carved with a stylised insect, with cruciform pommel, 88cm (af); a 19th Century Sudanese Sword, 64cm double edge steel blade, the hilt and scabbard of crocodile and snake skin, 80cm; three African Spears, one with barbed steel head, two with leaf shape heads, on cane hafts bound with coiled steel (5) £150 - 180
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An Indonesian Klewang, the 40cm straight back steel blade with broad curved edge, wood pistol grip and one sided wood scabbard covered in leatherette; a Similar Mâchéte, with black plastic grip and leather scabbard; three Indonesian Self Bows, of rich brown hardwood, 102cm with cane string, 168cm and 120cm; two African Spears, each with leaf shape blade and spike butt (7) £80 - 120
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Two Tuareg Short Swords, each with curved double edge steel blade stamped with roundels and scalloping, with leather bound hilt and scabbard; a Masai Lion Spear, the elongated double edge steel blade with raised medial ridge, short wood haft and steel spike butt; a Sudanese Sword, with leather bound grip (4) £80 - 120
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An 18th Century Indian Talwar, the 77cm single edge curved steel blade double edged for the last 27cm, the steel hilt with koftgari decoration of flowering stems, palmettes and parrots, with scroll knuckle bow and disc pommel, lacks scabbard, 90cm £120 - 180
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A Late 19th Century Burmese Dha, with 53.5cm single edge steel blade, the silver covered long cylindrical hilt with ringed decoration and conical pommel, lacks scabbard, 98cm; a Caucasian Kindjal, the wood hilt and scabbard applied with bands of white metal; an Indian Dagger, with ebony and brass grip and brass scabbard (3) £80 - 120
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A Late 19th Century Moro Kris, Philippines, with 55cm slightly wavy pamor blade, ringed silver mendak, braided string bound grip and ivory pommel carved as a stylised bird's head with scroll crest and beak, lacks scabbard, 69.5cm; a Borneo Kris, with 27cm pamor blade, plaited sennet bound grip and bone offset pommel carved as a grotesque horned mask, with wood scabbard, 45cm (2) £100 - 150
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An Indian Khanjar Dagger, the 18cm double edge curved steel blade inlaid with silver arabesques at the ricasso, the curved steel hilt with earred pommel with steel scabbard, all with foliate niello decoration, 32.5cm £80 - 120
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A 19th Century Afghan Khyber Knife, the 60cm T section steel blade with narrow fuller to the back edge, steel bolster and wrythen fluted horn grip scales, lacks scabbard, 74cm £150 - 200
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A Javanese Kris, with 34cm straight pamor blade, the beaded mendak set with ruby and diamond type stones, the wood pistol grip carved with scrolls, the wood scabbard with boat shape wranka and applied with leaf shaped panels, 49cm; a Javanese Kris, with 31cm straight pamor blade, brass floriform mendak, the horn grip pierced and carved with bands of foliage, with wood scabbard, 43cm (2) £150 - 180
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An Unusual 19th Century Zulu Rhinoceros Horn Prestige Staff, with rounded bifurcated head and tapering haft, one side incised with the initials E.A.(M?), 64cm, 429g £2500 - 3000
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A Late 19th Century Zulu "Executioner's" Knobkerry, of lignum vitae, with large globular head and slightly tapering cylindrical haft, the butt bearing a collector's number 834, 52.5cm
Provenance:- Private Collection - AfricaArms Germany, Private UK Collection £300 - 400
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An Early 20th Century Shona Ceremonial Axe, the slender recurving blade inserted through the bulbous head, the cylindrical haft intricately bound with brass wire, on a modern display stand, 46cm £200 - 300
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An Early 20th Century Zulu Knobkerrie, with large globular head on a slightly waisted cylindrical haft, 73cm; a Shona Axe, the tang of the triangular shape blade inserted into the swollen head of the wood haft; a Sudanese Dagger, with wood grip and leather scabbard; a Small African Figure, of carved wood, standing holding a staff; four Various Manillas, in brass and nickel (8) £100 - 150
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A 19th Century Ethiopian Chief's Stool, the deeply concave circular seat set with an old paper label inscribed 'Old African Chief's Stool, Brought by Capt.Hamilton, 1845', raised upon four outward splayed legs, 42cm diameter, 26cm high £150 - 250
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An Early 20th Century Tsonga Headrest, of honey coloured wood, the curved top with chip carved decoration to each end, on two horizontally fluted pillars on a double lobed base, 21.5cm
Provenance:- Private Swiss Collection, Private UK Collection £300 - 500
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An Early 20th Century Zulu Headrest, of dark patinated wood, the curved rectangular top with pendant block carved terminals, on a pierced circular support and domed rectangular base, the sides inset with geometric designs in tiny glass beads, the underside of the base inscribed D.V.C. in red and black ink, 24.5cm £600 - 800
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A Late 19th Century Shona Headrest, of dark patinated wood, the dished rectangular top with flute carved terminals, on a double X and circle support and double lobed base, 17.5cm (af)
Provenance:- Gallery Ezakwantu, Private UK Collection £100 - 150
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A Large 19th Century Continental Powder Horn, made in two sections, with braided cotton binding and shoulder strap, with cylindrical wood stopper and conical plug, 85cm an Indian Kukri, with white metal and horn grip, leather scabbard and single sharpening knife; two African Arrows, the steel heads inserted into the cane hafts (4) £80 - 120
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A Xythos Automatic Miniature Pinfire Revolver, with magazine and cartridges; a Quantity of Gun Accessories, including two modern copper pistol flasks, a bullet mould, a pair of tweezers, tins of caps, nipple key, turnscrew, blank firing cartridges, an Arab steel small powder flask with suspender bar, a small knife with ribbed brass handle screwing into the cylindrical scabbard, two cases suitable for conversion for pistols etc £100 - 150
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A 19th Century Copper Pistol Flask, of plain bag shape, with external steel spring and brass charger; Accessories, comprising four pewter oil bottles, one stamped G & J W Hawksley, four bone and one ebony pellet/nipple boxes of cylindrical form with screw covers, and four Joyce percussion cap tins (14) £150 - 200
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A Collection of 19th Century Gun Accessories, comprising a turnscrew with walnut handle, an ivory and rosewood handled nipple brush, three steel bullet moulds, two ebony handled nipple keys, two spring clamps, three cleaning rods (12) £150 - 250
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An Early 20th Century Brass Bound Leather Cartridge Case, the hinged cover embossed O.D.W., with brass buckled securing straps, bound edges, lock and D rings to the rolled leather handle, the oak lined interior with five removable dividing panels and six leather lifting straps, the crimson baize lined inner cover set with retailer's paper label for Finnigans, London, Liverpool & Manchester, 48cm by 31cm by 15cm £250 - 350
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A Quantity of Various Gun Slips, including four zip closing pistol cases £50 - 80
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PURCHASER MUST BE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OVER
A Diana Series 70 Model 79 .22 Calibre Break Barrel Air Rifle, no visible number, with beech semi pistol grip stock, set with a Nikko Stirling Silver Crown 6X40 scope; a Gamo CF-20 .177 Calibre Air Rifle, numbered 2166414, with beech stock (2) £70 - 80
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PURCHASER MUST BE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OVER
A Weihrauch HW 97 K .22 Calibre Air Rifle, number 1508420, the barrel stamped HULL CARTRIDGE, with under-lever cocking, beech stock with chequered semi pistol grip, set with an SMK 3-90X40 scope, with wool lined green nylon slip £150 - 180
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PURCHASER MUST BE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OVER
A Webley Stingray II Quattro Powr-Lok .22 Calibre Break Barrel Air Rifle, number 0609 02521, the walnut stock with chequered semi pistol grip and fore-end, with rubber recoil pad £100 - 150
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PURCHASER MUST BE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OVER
A Weihrauch HW80 .22 Calibre Break Barrel Air Rifle, numbered 1519626, the blackened barrel stamped HULL CARTRIDGE, with adjustable sight, beech stock with chequered semi pistol grip, set with a Hawke Sport HD 4X32 scope; a Webley Hawk Mk.II .22 Calibre Break Barrel Air Rifle, numbered 545655, with beech semi pistol grip stock (2) £200 - 300
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PURCHASER MUST BE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OVER
A 1930's BSA Breakdown Pattern .177 Calibre Break Barrel Air Rifle, numbered B6538, with BSA piled arms mark near the adjustable rear sight, walnut semi-pistol grip stock with chequered BSA grip £150 - 180
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PURCHASER MUST BE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OVER
A Webley & Scott Jaguar .177 Calibre Break Barrel Air Rifle, numbered 1135, with beech stock; a Gem Type .177 Calibre Break Barrel Air Rifle, with octagonal barrel and walnut stock af; a Belgian Blank Firing Revolver, six shot, with folding trigger and plated finish; a Diana SP50 Air Pistol, .177 calibre, in original box; a Diana Model 2 Air Pistol, push barrel with beech grip (5) £100 - 150
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