This is a Western war axe dating from the 17th century. The stock with its wheel-shaped guards on each side of the grip area and the attachment ring at the end of the hilt indicate a Germanic origin.
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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 helmet is possibly of Italian origin and is of a later design. The visors and chin guard are connected to the same joint and separated from the skull piece, which was a design originating in Engl[...]
Very beautiful and important bronze medal representing Henri IV king of France signed by G DUPRÉ and dated 1606 high quality of chiseling beautiful patina cast from the 17th century
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[...]
This dagger comes from Italy (or Spain) and can be dated to the beginning of the 17th century. It can be classified as a "left hand" dagger because of the guard ring, although the blade also suggests [...]
Powder flask in horn and wrought iron, nicely engraved with a biblical or antique scene (knowledgeable welcome I'm stumped...) probably Germanic work from the beginning of the 17th century. Dated 1621[...]
Late 16th or early 17th century
EXCEPTIONAL CARVED WOOD JALET CROSSBOW (fruit wood, maybe cherry?)
ITALY (Lombardy?) around 1600
The jalet crossbow or so-called "bullet" projected not arrows b[...]
This is an impressive spearhead with its unusual dimensions. It is a little difficult to date, because if the double-edged section with two faces separated by a central ridge on one side and a flat fa[...]
This spearhead is very curious by the shape of its blade.
THE BLADE is made up of 4 steel edges arranged in a cross. They join to form the point, which is a very strong square section, intended to pi[...]
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 is a large stiletto, larger than average in size.
The handle and blade are solid, and the hilt is heavy to give force to the blow: we feel that we are in the presence of a weapon and not a simpl[...]
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[...]
Pistol, rifle or arquebus lock.
Entirely in wrought iron.
Very decorated.
Length: 25.7 cm
Height of dog up: 16.9 cm
Height of dog down: 13.1 cm
Weight: 840 g It is not seized, everything that [...]
Sapper's tool intended to dig and undermine a wall to make it collapse. Made up of a flat part on one side in the shape of a shield and the other side reinforced by a median edge, all very thick and v[...]
Petite hache de guerre , fer forgé à un côté tranchant et l'autre en marteau assomoir
joli manche en bois fruitier postérieur .
Elle a été collectée en Normandie et correspond aux types d'armes qu[...]
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[...]
It is a Swedish cavalry sword dating from the last third of the 17th century. The identification is clear since the blade is engraved with the inscription "Vivat Carollus undecimus Rex Et Dominus meus[...]
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[...]
War hammers, are rare on the market, and their price is always relatively high. This one can be dated to the end of the 16th century, or the first half of the 17th century.
These weapons, often unkno[...]
ARMET by Gioco del Ponte
Tuscany, Italy, late 16th - early 17th century
Wrought iron
H. 27; L. 22; Thickness 36 cm
(slight accidents)
Closed armor helmet with incised crest stamp in one-pie[...]
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 sword commonly called "pillow sword", which in the strict sense was placed at the bedside to be able to protect oneself in the event of a night attack.
In a more general sense, it was a short[...]
It is a dagger of the family of "left hands" commonly called "dagger of mercy" because of its long and tapered blade, which allowed to pass between the protected parts of the opponent's body, to infli[...]
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[...]
Rapier called Papenheim, probably Spanish, with asymmetrical shell, 17th century. Donkey-stepped mount with flattened rivet knob pommel and unfixed knuckle bow at pommel. Guard branch and inverted qui[...]
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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