lot 52 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Dish hilted broadsword, 90cm double-edged blade, indistinctly marked, pierced guard, scrolled basket, wire-bound grip. (Qty: 1)
Sold for £2,500 More details 13
lot 53 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Mortuary sword, 83cm blade, indistincly marked, chased iron guard, with scrolled semi-basket
Sold for £2,000 More details 14
lot 54 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Mortuary sword, 82cm blade, indistinctly marked, pierced and chased guard, scrolled basket.
Sold for £4,800 More details 12
lot 55 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Mortuary sword, 87cm slender blade, chased guard, scrolled basket.
Sold for £1,500 More details 12
lot 56 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Cavalry broadsword, 87cm double-edged blade, steel shell guard, with semi-basket. (Qty: 1)
Sold for £500 More details 14
lot 57 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Rapier, diamond section 92cm blade, pierced iron shell guard, wooden grip. (Qty: 1)
Sold for £1,300 More details 12
lot 58 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Spanish military sword, 70cm slender blade, indistinctly marked, steel cup guard, with knuckle bow, wire-bound grip. (Qty: 1)
Sold for £340 More details 13
lot 59 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Tower Warder’s sword, 77cm double-edged blade, cast brass shell guard, with knuckle bow, coronet pommel. (Qty: 1)
Sold for £400 More details 13
lot 60 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Scandinavian pallash, 93cm double-edged broad blade, shell guard, with semi-basket, bird’s head pommel.
Sold for £1,200 More details 13
lot 61 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Scandinavian pallash, 93cm double-edged broad blade, shell guard, with semi-basket, bird’s head pommel.
Sold for £1,100 More details 12
lot 62 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Basket hilted broadsword, 81cm double-edged blade, very faintly marked, iron basket guard. (Qty: 1)
Sold for £4,000 More details 13
Military basket hilted backsword
lot 63 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Military basket hilted backsword, 91cm blade, iron basket guard, wooden grip.
Sold for £1,000 More details 11
lot 64 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Backsword, 91cm blade, marked GILL's / Warranted, iron semi basket, lacking grip, with scabbard.
Sold for £1,300 More details 14
lot 65 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Backsword, 66cm blade, marked GR under a coronet / IEF / RIS, basket guard, lacking grip.
Sold for £1,200 More details 13
lot 66 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Venetian schiavona, 93cm plain double-edged blade, iron basket guard, eared pommel. (Qty: 1)
Sold for £1,700 More details 13
lot 67 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Dragoon sword, 78cm blade, marked GR under a coronet / IEF / RIS, steel open guard, with knuckle bow, wire-bound leather grip. (Qty: 1)
Sold for £600 More details 12
lot 68 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Swept-hilt rapier, 117cm blade of flattened diamond section, iron hilt with swept guard and straight cross-piece, rounded pommel. (Qty: 1)
Sold for £3,200 More details 14
lot 69 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Mortuary sword, 84cm ribbed blade, cast shell guard, lacking grip. (Qty: 1)
Sold for £2,300 More details 14
lot 70 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Ring hilted rapier, 94cm flattened diamond blade, openwork cup guard. (Qty: 1)
Sold for £1,700 More details 13
lot 71 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Cavalry sword, broad 88cm double-edged blade, pierced steel shell guard, semi-basket, wire-bound grip. (Qty: 1)
Sold for £2,200 More details 12
lot 72 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Danish pallash, 96cm blade, shell and basket guard, wire bound leather grip, engraved A.A. No62 on the shell guard.
Sold for £800 More details 12
lot 73 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Danish pallash, 84cm blade, brass shell and basket guard, leather grip, with a steel mounted leather scabbard.
Sold for £1,300 More details 12
lot 74 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Officer's sword, 90cm fullered blade engraved G (?) R under a coronet, brass looped basket guard, fish skin grip, with lion’s head pommel. (Qty: 1)
Sold for £2,800 More details 14
lot 75 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Scottish hilted backsword, 81cm blade, brass basket guard, shagreen grip. (Qty: 1)
Sold for £800 More details 13
lot 76 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
A 1798 Pattern Scottish basket hilted sword, 82cm blade, brass basket guard, engraved Sergeant Munro / Pipe Major, 78th Highlanders, ribbed wooden (Qty: 1) ... read more
Sold for £1,200 More details 13
An 1814 Pattern Household Cavalry officer’s sword
lot 77 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
An 1814 Pattern Household Cavalry officer’s sword, 86cm ribbed blade, shell and basket guard, wire-bound shagreen grip. (Qty: 1)
Sold for £1,100 More details 14
William IV Heavy Cavalry officer’s sword
lot 78 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
William IV Heavy Cavalry officer’s sword, 88cm curved steel blade lightly engraved (broken tang), pierced plated guard, wire-bound fish skin grip, (Qty: 1) ... read more
Sold for £360 More details 12
lot 79 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Prussian sidearm, 45cm blade, brass hilt, crossbar marked 3.A.E.1.94, lion’s head pommel. (Qty: 1)
Sold for £110 More details 13
Household Cavalry officer’s sword
lot 80 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Household Cavalry officer’s sword, 87cm blade, cast brass shell and scroll hilt, wire-bound shagreen grip, in a brass mounted steel scabbard. (Qty: 1)
Sold for £950 More details 20
lot 81 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Officer's spadroon, 82cm blade, marked Bingham, 29 Conduit Street London, brass guard, knuckle bow missing, ebony grip, brass mounted scabbard. (Qty: 1)
Sold for £180 More details 15
lot 82 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Naval Officer's sword, 79cm engraved blade, marked James Cracknell, Naval Outfitter, Portsea, cast brass hilt, wire-bound fish skin grip, brass (Qty: 1) ... read more
Sold for £440 More details 17
lot 83 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
English rapier, 87cm blade, of flattened diamond form, indistinctly marked, cast guard and knuckle bow.
Sold for £3,400 More details 14
lot 85 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
English rapier, 77cm slender blade, pierced iron guard, knuckle bow part missing, lacking grip.
Sold for £380 More details 12
A 1796 Pattern Heavy Cavalry trooper’s sword
lot 86 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
A 1796 Pattern Heavy Cavalry trooper’s sword, scabbard fixed (?), iron guard, ribbed wooden grip, overall length 105cm. (Qty: 1)
Sold for £1,500 More details 16
lot 87 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Turkish kilij, 64cm curved blade, with damascened decoration, brass cross guard, horn grip, in an engraved brass scabbard. (Qty: 1)
Sold for £1,500 More details 14
A collection of seven jambiyas
lot 88 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Indo-Persian jambiya, 25cm curved blade, brass and silver-faced hilt and sheath, with brass rings; another similar; five other jambiyas with white (Qty: 7) ... read more
Sold for £240 More details 1
lot 89 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Moroccan jambiya, 23cm curved blade, hilt and sheath with white metal decoration; two other Moroccan jambiyas with white metal decoration; and three ... read more
Sold for £210 More details 1
lot 90 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
North African jambiya, 21cm curved blade, white metal mounted brass sheath; and seven other jambiyas. (Qty: 8)
Sold for £240 More details 1
A collection of twelve jambiyas
lot 91 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
North African jambiya, 22cm curved blade, brass and white metal mounted sheath; and eleven other jambiyas with white metal decoration. (Qty: 12)
Sold for £380 More details 2
A collection of twenty jambiyas
lot 92 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Indian jambiya, 21cm curved blade, brass mounted hilt and brass-covered sheath; and nineteen other jambiyas with brass sheaths. (Qty: 20)
Sold for £420 More details 4
lot 93 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
A 1751 Pattern hanger, 51cm blade, brass hilt, engraved on the guard ‘M Lester 6/20’; and four other 1751 Pattern Hangers, variously marked, 3/49 M (Qty: 5) ... read more
Sold for £1,900 More details 54
lot 94 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Victorian 1827 pattern sword, 79cm blade, brass guard incorporating VR cypher, wide-bound fishskin grip.
Sold for £95 More details 15
lot 95 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
An 1897 pattern sword, 81cm blade marked Henry Poole & Co, Saville Row, London, with scabbard and leather case, steel guard with monogram under a ... read more
Sold for £200 More details 16
Victorian presentation sword-bayonet
lot 97 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Victorian presentation sword-bayonet, 58cm blade marked Parker, Field & Son, 233 Holborn, London, engraved '2nd LEICESTERSHIRE R. V. CORPS / PRIZE ... read more
Sold for £340 More details 13
lot 98 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Two Prussian side arms, 43cm blades, one crossguard numbered JR 65 12 178, the other with numbers defaced. (2) (Qty: 2)
Sold for £110 More details 19
Two broadsword basket guards, a spur and stirrup
lot 99 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Two broadsword basket guards, an old iron spur, with 'star' rowel; and an old iron stirrup. (4)
Sold for £650 More details 9
lot 101 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Caucasian shasqua, 82cm curved blade marked Eisenhauer, engraved with sun and crescent moon motifs, grip with neillo decoration, in a black leather ... read more
Sold for £1,700 More details 13
lot 102 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Two Indian ceremonial swords, 82cm broad curved blades, white metal covered handles with chased decoration and fluted pommels. (2) (Qty: 2)
Sold for £550 More details 19
Old tin hat box; militaria fragments, etc
lot 103 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Old tin hat box; militaria fragments, scabbards, sheaths, etc. (a small collection)
Sold for £32 More details 2
Victorian brass-mounted mahogany terrestrial telescope
lot 104 (The John Hardy Collection of Antiques, Arms, and Armour, 10th Jan, 2023)
Victorian brass-mounted mahogany terrestrial telescope, polygonal casing, short draw-tube, 160cm. (Qty: 1)
Sold for £300 More details 3