Sulawesi sword with VOC blade
A very good sword from South Sulawesi (Celebes) with silver mounts and a dated VOC blade.
SoldOttoman Turkish ribbon sword
A remarkable example of bladesmithing with a 5 row twist-core pattern that meanders over the blade.
SoldA sawasa hunting hanger
Sawasa is a copper-gold alloy that was patinated a "raven black" and then highlights were parcel-gilt.
SoldAn Indonesian blunderbuss
Of Chinese manufacture, traded widely and used gainst the Dutch during the Aceh Wars in 1873–1904.
SoldFine Ottoman yatağan dated 1809
Made by a maker called Noah in 1809 for a certain Mehemmed Ağa Fî. With beautiful golden overlays on blade.
SoldA fine and unusual Dutch colonial gun
Based on the Dutch Beaumont mechanism, but with Indonesian twist forged barrel and golden inlays.
€5000,-A fine Sindh flintlock
A large gun with English flintlock mechanism, as favored by the Mirs of the Talpur court. In very good condition, with…
SoldA fine "boyliya" paragun
One of Europe's rarest gun types. A fine example, with mother of pearl inlaid stock.
SoldMamluk style sword in talwar hilt
Chiseled with a rare type of decor on the base, and with two Islamic inscriptions.
SoldEnglish rifle with Ottoman barrel
An English rifle that was built around an 18th-century Ottoman barrel of the finest quality.
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