Here is a very good, heavy, and extremely rare English Civil War period (C 1640) breastplate made for a very small person or a boy. Very good as used condition with overall  More »

Here is a very good, heavy, and extremely rare English Civil War period (C 1640) breastplate made for a very small person or a boy. Very good as used condition with overall light pitting and a small chip from the bottom, see photos. About 13" x 13". A very rare 17th century piece of armor! Price is firm. Thanks for looking!   « Less

ON SALE! WAS $24,995. Here is the rarest of the rare when it comes to American Revolutionary War horseman’s sabers! It is the only recorded example of a horseman’s  More »

ON SALE! WAS $24,995. Here is the rarest of the rare when it comes to American Revolutionary War horseman’s sabers! It is the only recorded example of a horseman’s sword attributed to Pennsylvania cutler Josiah Wood and struck deeply with his mark on the blade’s ricasso. Ex Norman Flayderman collection and pictured in the most important reference for American Rev War swords; “Swords and Blades of the American Revolution”, by George Neumann, plate 314s. Josiah Wood contracted with the Committee of Safety for production of pikes during the Revolution. He is recorded in “Arms Makers of Colonial America” by Whisker, page 205. The Wood saber is constructed in the usual Rev War era 4 slot guard pattern, but the side bars are not straight, they are diamond shaped and the entire hilt is profusely decorated all over with 100’s of tiny differing punches. It is highlighted by the beautiful, tall decorated pommel. The original, twist carved, walnut grip is completely intact (no damage or cracking) as is the original brass grip wire (now slightly loose from natural wood grip shrinkage). The plain, flat, curved blade measures 33” and is deeply struck at the ricasso with Josiah Wood’s mark. It is in untouched, uncleaned condition with a deep aged patina. Only some mild pitting near tip. Sword is in overall excellent original condition! Signed American Rev War sabers are extreme rarities. A James Potter, NY horseman’s saber now brings about $25,000. Our Josiah Wood saber is considerably rarer (and absolutely gorgeous) compared to the plain black, non decorated Potter sabers. When you take into consideration that there are an estimated 30 + surviving examples of the James Potter sabers and only one known example of the Josiah Wood saber there is no comparison! This is truly the rarest of the rare! For the most advanced American Revolutionary collection or museum. If you want the best of the best and the rarest of the rare, here it is! Serious inquires only. Please state full name and location if you would like a response. PRICE IS REDUCED FOR THE HOLIDAYS TO 18K DOWN FROM 25K on this great, museum quality, signed American Revolutionary War horseman's saber. Considerably less than the going price of a common James Potter horseman's saber. Don't let this pass you by. He who hesitates is lost! WORLD WIDE SHIPPING AVAILABLE. PRICE IS FIRM. Please check out our other listings for more early arms and armor! We are “Fine Art Ltd” on antiques.com Our direct email is: fineartlimited@yahoo.com We are also selling on eBay as "fineart77" Thanks for looking!   « Less

ON SALE! WAS $3,495. Here is a rare and early Spanish cup hilt rapier in "untouched" condition (all original) with a beautifully chiseled hilt! Its gadrooned turban pommel  More »

ON SALE! WAS $3,495. Here is a rare and early Spanish cup hilt rapier in "untouched" condition (all original) with a beautifully chiseled hilt! Its gadrooned turban pommel has a tall integral capstan that has never been re-peened (so hilt has some looseness) Original wound steel grip wire with alternating bands of twisted copper is intact (a tiny old iron staple secures the loose bottom end on reverse). Both ferrules and even both langets are nicely chiseled en-suite with the rest of hilt. The guard-de-pulvo is also decorated in the form of sun rays. The cross guard and knuckle guard are nicely twisted with button terminals. The edge of the cup is chiseled with rope-work as is the bottom of cup! Its 38“ blade is of the back-sword type (Rigid with spine and sharpened on one side only). A great rarity that allows a sturdy thrust and a slashing cut for calvary use suitable for horseback. It is engraved with a cross and geometric designs on both sides that look very Aztec (some wear). Perhaps the designs were influenced by Aztec designs in the New World. Whatever the case, this sword is a rarity as far as Spanish cup hilts go. An old collection inventory number is inside the cup. Details of collection will go to purchaser. ALL BUYERS MUST BE OVER 21 YEARS OF AGE. Price is firm. Thanks for looking! Be sure to check out our other listings for more great swords! Our direct email address is: fineartlimited@yahoo.com   « Less

ON SALE! WAS $7,495. A very rare VOC, Dutch East India Company, officers saber with deep blade marks of the VOC, Amsterdam and dated 1771 both sides! Exceptional early  More »

ON SALE! WAS $7,495. A very rare VOC, Dutch East India Company, officers saber with deep blade marks of the VOC, Amsterdam and dated 1771 both sides! Exceptional early saber with full scabbard and silver mounts (scabbard age shrunken and cracked in 2 beneath mid mound, but displays perfectly.) See photos. Blade is about 29” long. The silver hilt has no cracks or repairs, just a little age deformation. It can use a better cleaning. Grip and grip wire is completely intact and grip has some age cracking. This great sword most probably belonged to a VOC captain or admiral. Original silver hilted Dutch VOC swords are very seldom, if ever, encountered! Price is firm. Thanks for looking! Please check out our other listings for more early arms and armor! We are “Fine Art Ltd” on antiques.com Our direct email is: fineartlimited@yahoo.com We are also selling on eBay as "fineart77"   « Less

ON SALE! WAS $35,000. PLEASE READ FRAMED DESCRIPTION OF THIS AMAZING RAPIER! This great, great rarity is said to have descended in German family since the 19th century.  More »

ON SALE! WAS $35,000. PLEASE READ FRAMED DESCRIPTION OF THIS AMAZING RAPIER! This great, great rarity is said to have descended in German family since the 19th century. It was professionally cleaned and the grip re-wrapped in the late 20th century. Printed description along with several 8.5” x 11” color prints of Peter III accompany the rapier. Very serious inquiries only. Please state full name and location if you would like a response. Please check out our other listings for more early arms and armor! We are “Fine Art Ltd” on antiques.com Our direct email is: fineartlimited@yahoo.com We are also selling on eBay as "fineart77"   « Less

SOLD: A very nice are very desirable Dutch East India Company cutlass dated 1790 with Rotterdam town mark on both sides of blade. Untouched, as found, condition. The large  More »

SOLD: A very nice are very desirable Dutch East India Company cutlass dated 1790 with Rotterdam town mark on both sides of blade. Untouched, as found, condition. The large shell guard has a crack and the hilt is loose. Some minor chips and cracks to wood grip. A very desirable early sword with tons and tons of character! Curved blade is about 25” long. Price is firm. Thanks for looking!   « Less

Here is a super rare circa 1575 - 1600 battle sword. Probably custom made for a landsknecht warrior. Made for a very large person with a giant shell guard and a very wide  More »

Here is a super rare circa 1575 - 1600 battle sword. Probably custom made for a landsknecht warrior. Made for a very large person with a giant shell guard and a very wide (just over 2 ¼”) blade. This type of shell guard hilt often used on cutlasses and Sinclair type sabers of the late 16th - early 17th centuries. However this type blade is sometimes found with a blunt tip on katzbaldgers of the 1520 – 1550 period. Entire sword is in as found, lightly cleaned condition and its massive blade is an amazing display of early hand forged metal, Damascus type lamination throughout! The original wood grip is still intact but with some losses and decay (no restorations). Wonderful cross and orb brass inlay on blade! Blade is about 24 3/4" long. About the same length as an early katzbaldger! Extreme rarity! You will never see another like this! Price is firm. Thanks for looking! Be sure to check out our other listings for more rare and important swords! Our direct email address is: fineartlimited@yahoo.com   « Less

ON SALE! WAS $7,995. Here is a great rarity in outstanding condition. This great, great massive Hungarian saber dates to circa 1750. It retains its original wood covered  More »

ON SALE! WAS $7,995. Here is a great rarity in outstanding condition. This great, great massive Hungarian saber dates to circa 1750. It retains its original wood covered with leather scabbard add its pistol grip shaped iron grip with original fish skin covering! MASSIVE BUTCHER CLEAVER BLADE WITH LARGE RELIGIOUS ENGRAVINGS! See photos. Blade is just over 2” wide x 30” long. Blade retains much of its original luster with only some very small areas of pitting and darkening. Grip retains all original fish skin covering and iron mounted scabbard retains all original leather covering! MUSEUM QUALITY! (old description tag and hanging rope included) We bought this rare saber from a Belgium collection over 20 years ago and paid 12k for it at that time! Price is firm. Thanks for looking! Please check out our other listings for more early arms and armor! We are “Fine Art Ltd” on antiques.com Our direct email is: fineartlimited@yahoo.com We are also selling on eBay as "fineart77"   « Less

ON SALE! WAS $3,495. NOW ONLY $2,995. Here is a rare example of an early 18th century British silver hilted small sword from the Queen Anne Period and bearing the  More »

ON SALE! WAS $3,495. NOW ONLY $2,995. Here is a rare example of an early 18th century British silver hilted small sword from the Queen Anne Period and bearing the Queen’s Royal Initials on the blade! (a great rarity) This very fine example is one of the most detailed and beautifully designed examples that you will ever see. A true museum piece! This sword would have belonged to a staunch supporter of the Crown, either a high ranking military officer, a wealthy aristocrat or possibly a relation of the Royal Family. It is in exceptional original condition with only a few inconsequential dings and light wear as might be expected from a 300 year old sword. See photos. It has never been dismantled or re-peened and retains its original twisted silver and copper grip wraps along with its original Turk’s Head ferrules. It has 2 sets of silversmith’s touch marks: one on the counter-guards and one on the knuckle-bow (some wear) that indicate it was made 1709 – 1710 (letter date O), along with the Britannia figure, a lion’s head erased and the silversmith’s mark “WI” inside a heart which may be the mark of Charles Williams registered in 1697. (at that time it was common for silversmiths to use the first 2 initials of their sir-name) Its blade is in nearly new condition and still retains much of its original sheen. It is deeply stamped, in “olde” English style, “AR” for Anna Regina ("Anne the Queen" in Latin). The sword must have spent at least a few hundred years in its scabbard (now lost) to have survived in such fine condition. The stout, very strong blade retains its original length and never has been altered or shortened. It is about 26.5” long. The hilt is magnificent. Starting from the top down: Round pommel, with octagonal faceting, with a central belt. It sits on a double stepped neck and is topped off by a 3 tier mantle with tang button; all integrally designed. The knuckle bow nicely designed with an elongated inset diamond design, both sides and topped off by a graceful flirt. The grip beautifully wound with double strands of twisted silver wire and copper wire creating a chevron effect. All wire completely intact. Both original silver braided Turk’s head ferrules completely intact. The quillon block is exceptional. It gently flares from round to hexagonal and sits above a multi beaded base. The base plate is multi faceted in a flaring octagram design! A similar design is found on the underside of the counterguards. The elegantly detailed quillon even has a "nightcap" and terminates with a nipple! The graceful pas d'ane both branch out into 2 sections, flaring out above and below the kidney shaped counter-guards. The counter-guards both employ the same inset diamond shapes, atop and below, as does the knuckle-bow. A small graceful loop design joins the counter-guards on each end. The guard even retains its original leather washer! (sheath pad) The stout, “hollow ground” tri-foil blade measures about 1” at ricasso and is deeply stamped with Queen Anne’s Royal Initials. (very rare) Overall this sword is an exceptional example of the Queen Anne Period silversmith’s art! Through the years we have seen a few other examples of this silversmith’s small swords and they are nowhere near the exceptional design and quality of our sword. Although they were beautiful, they were of the common simpler design usually employed on swords of this period. Our sword has to be the finest example of a silver-hilted sword that this silversmith produced! Obviously made for someone very special. A similar sword, but not as nice, is illustrated in Aylward's book The Small sword in England #35. Another similar, but again not as nice, is pictured in The Rapier and Small-Sword by Norman, plate 114 and is in the Victoria and Albert Museum and still another similar example (again not as nice as ours) is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum, New York. If you want to own the epitome of a Queen Anne silver hilted sword this is it! Please check out our other listings for more early arms and armor! We are “Fine Art Ltd” on antiques.com Our direct email is: fineartlimited@yahoo.com We are also selling on eBay as "fineart77" Price is firm. Thanks for looking!   « Less

ON SALE! WAS $2,995. This is a very rare and a very special sword! It is in as found condition and quite honestly should be left that way and appreciated as is. Its  More »

ON SALE! WAS $2,995. This is a very rare and a very special sword! It is in as found condition and quite honestly should be left that way and appreciated as is. Its “meaty” blade is slightly curved and features a single wide, unstopped, fuller in the fashion of early Hussar sabers. It is also stamped with 2 “so called” eyelash stamps that are so often found on 16th - 17th century Hungarian and Polish sabers. This mark, illustrated in the book Polish Arms, page 37 top, by Nadolski is simply referred to as 16h century. The blade is 28” long, but was most certainly shortened somewhat during its working lifetime. The large carved wooden pommel is inset with a brass “bushing” very similar to the Turkish kijil. Its grip is inset with green horn scales and secured by brass rivets. The rivets had their heads filed at some time. Perhaps they protruded above the grip when the wood and horn shrank from age. The simple iron cross guard features an outer ring guard. Overall the sword has a very deep aged and uncleaned patina. It was probably manufactured around 1550 AD in Turkey or the Balkans, but can also be of early Hungarian manufacture. You probably will never see another sword like this again! Please check out our other listings for more early arms and armor! We are “Fine Art Ltd” on antiques.com Our direct email is: fineartlimited@yahoo.com We are also selling on eBay as "fineart77" Price is firm. Thanks for looking!   « Less