7 feet long, Duncan Phyfe legs, wood trim, also chair and ottoman. call:507-227-0222 (OBO)

7 feet long, Duncan Phyfe legs, wood trim, also chair and ottoman. call:507-227-0222 (OBO)   « Less

Antique, early 18th century, Turkish Ottoman, Islamic gun powder flask with flattened, oval form, wooden body covered in leather, with an impressed design of a palmette  More »

Antique, early 18th century, Turkish Ottoman, Islamic gun powder flask with flattened, oval form, wooden body covered in leather, with an impressed design of a palmette within a border of half-circles, with a conical iron nozzle. MEASUREMENTS: Height: 17.8 cm (7 in). Width: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in). CONDITION: In its original condition, showing the age and usage, with a dark brown patina. REFERENCES: A similar Flask is published in the Sotheby’s catalog: The Turkish Sale London, 17 October, 1997. Lot. 80. Title: A leather-covered Powder Flask, Turkey, early 18th century. Estimate Price: £1,500 - 2,000. The buyer will be provided with a copy of the page from the mentioned reference, together with a certificate of authenticity Also, for related flask please see the link below. http://www.bashirarts.com/#!product/prd1/1753723145/a-powder-flask-in-steel-%26-embossed-leather-pal   « Less

Antique Islamic Arab iron prick spur, 18-19th century Ottoman North Africa, entirely formed of hand forged iron with U-shaped heel bands with slotted rectangular terminals  More »

Antique Islamic Arab iron prick spur, 18-19th century Ottoman North Africa, entirely formed of hand forged iron with U-shaped heel bands with slotted rectangular terminals formed with a tall rectangular loop in the centre, moulded necks and characteristically long spikes, surface inlaid with silver koftgari interlaced scrolling foliage. MEASUREMENTS: Overall length; 29.3 cm (11 1/2 in). CONDITION: in very good overall condition   « Less

A gorgeous large candleholder from a mosque or sanctuary. 17th century or earlier. Profusely engraved with solar-like designs and turbo designs. Islamic calligraphy all  More »

A gorgeous large candleholder from a mosque or sanctuary. 17th century or earlier. Profusely engraved with solar-like designs and turbo designs. Islamic calligraphy all around the top surface. It has a very old, working life, lead repair at the junction of the stem and base where the two sections were joined when it was made. (Probably cracked or started to separated in this area over time.) There are also 4 old brass rivets that fill holes around the base where it was probably secured to an alter or stand. About 13” tall x 13” wide. Absolutely stunning piece of early Islamic artwork! 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

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  More »

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

Rare set of two Antique 18th century Turkish Ottoman Islamic daggers. DETAILS: The hilts are of cylindrical form, made of several individual pieces of very high quality  More »

Rare set of two Antique 18th century Turkish Ottoman Islamic daggers. DETAILS: The hilts are of cylindrical form, made of several individual pieces of very high quality rust-brown tone Jade, with a fine granular texture, and inlaid in gold with stylized palmettes and zig-zag band motifs, with a pommel and base in a turban form, enclosed by short horn cross- guards. Curved double –edged blades of Damascus steel, formed with a medial ridge, damascening on both sides of the forte, in gold koftgari with a scrolling motif. In its unusual scabbard formed of turtle shell, and parchment terminating to an iron spike as an additional weapon. Please note that the hilts of the daggers are made of rust-brown tone jade, not green Jade-Nephrite. Most of the jade hilted Islamic daggers, including Turkish or Mughal, have hilts carved from green Jade - Nephrite. This hilt is made of high quality rust-brown tone Jade, which is very rare, so the stone was traded as an expensive precious stone in small pieces, instead of big chunks as green nephrite, that is the reason why the hilt is made of several pieces. MEASUREMENTS: The overall length in the scabbard is 35 cm (13 3/4 inches). CONDITION: One of the horn quillon broken of, the cylindrical jade on the center is chipped. ALL ITEMS ARE GUARANTEED TO BE AUTHENTIC ANTIQUES, AND NOT REPRODUCTIONS. ALL OUR ARTIFACTS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY. WE SHIP INTERNATIONALLY   « Less

SOLD Antique 18th century Turkish Ottoman Sword Yatagan-Yataghan with a rare style of hilt shaped in the Karabela manner. Formed of two pieces of brown horn scales enriched  More »

SOLD Antique 18th century Turkish Ottoman Sword Yatagan-Yataghan with a rare style of hilt shaped in the Karabela manner. Formed of two pieces of brown horn scales enriched on the pommel with minute brass nails, retained by three iron rivets, and enclosed by metal straps, with silver facing decorated in repoussee scrolling foliage. A recurved single edged Damascus steel blade, with an extremely rare and unique Damascus steel ”Turkish ribbon”pattern with horizontal lines going from the hilt to the tip of the blade, which creates individual straps which each contain a fine wootz pattern; please refer to the close-up picture. Cut with a series of short narrow fullers, a forte applied with shaped silver facing, decorated with a vase with flowers. In its original wooden scabbard, mounted with a brass locket and chape. Most of the yatagans have a characteristic ear shaped hilt, yatagans with Karabela style hilts are very rare, the Karabela hilt swords were made in various types, and diversity, in Turkey, Poland, Russia, the Balkans and Hungry. The Yatagan sword was very popular, not only in Turkey, but also in many Balkan states, and some Eastern European countries such as Ukraine and Hungry. REFERENCES: 1) “Yanissari – History Symbols Weapons” by G.E.Vvedensky. 2) “Zbirka Jatagana” by Dora Boskovic. 3) “Les Armes Blanches do Monde Islamic” by Alain Jacob. 4) “The Janissaries” by David Nicolle. MEASUREMENTS: The overall length in the scabbard is approximately: 84 cm (33 in). The overall length without the scabbard is approximately: 81.2 cm (32 in). CONDITION: The silver is worn with signs of age and usage, the blade is slightly pitted, the metal mounting are with signs of old repairs, which can be expected from an over 250 year old combat sword. ALL ITEMS ARE GUARANTEED TO BE AUTHENTIC ANTIQUES, AND NOT REPRODUCTIONS. ALL OUR ARTIFACTS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY. WE SHIP INTERNATIONALLY   « Less

SOLD Antique 18th -19th century Silver mounted Turkish Ottoman Islamic sword Yatagan-Yataghan. A curved single – edged blade, cut with slender fullers along the  More »

SOLD Antique 18th -19th century Silver mounted Turkish Ottoman Islamic sword Yatagan-Yataghan. A curved single – edged blade, cut with slender fullers along the back-edge, and decorated on one side in silver koftgari, with a panel of Arabic calligraphic inscriptions, and foliage on the other. A silver hilt terminating in characteristic ear shaped pommels, decorated with an engraved design of scrolls and flowers, adorned with a raised knobbed design, and set with four domed studs (most likely a later addition), a pair of shaped panels extending over the forte that are damaged. In its original tooled leather covered wooden scabbard, stitched with brass wire The Yatagan sword was very popular, not only in Turkey, but also in many Balkan states, and some Eastern European countries such as Ukraine and Hungry. REFERENCES: 1) “Yanissari – History Symbols Weapons” by G.E.Vvedensky. 2) “Zbirka Jatagana” by Dora Boskovic. 3) “Les Armes Blanches do Monde Islamic” by Alain Jacob. 4) “The Janissaries” by David Nicolle. MEASUREMENTS: The overall length with the scabbard: 72 cm (28 3/8 in). CONDITION: The silver hilt is damaged, a hole and splits on the joins of the silver pommel, and panels on the forte. Traces of old repairs. ALL ITEMS ARE GUARANTEED TO BE AUTHENTIC ANTIQUES, AND NOT REPRODUCTIONS. ALL OUR ARTIFACTS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY. WE SHIP INTERNATIONALLY   « Less

Rare Antique Turkish Ottoman sword Kilij with 17th century blade and 18th century solid silver mounts. DETAILS: A rare 17th century, or earlier, massive and broad curved  More »

Rare Antique Turkish Ottoman sword Kilij with 17th century blade and 18th century solid silver mounts. DETAILS: A rare 17th century, or earlier, massive and broad curved single edged Turkish blade of kilij form, cut on each side with a long shallow fuller and yelmen made of Damascus steel Wootz. A hilt comprised of a grip with Rhinoceros horn grip-scales, rising to a bulbous pommel in a characteristic Turkish Ottoman style, with a hole for the suspension tassel, bounded by pairs of silver washers, and enclosed by fluted silver straps, a silver crossguard with bud quillons. A leather-bound wooden scabbard stitched with spiral wire, and mounted with a large silver locket, a chape embossed and engraved on both sides with linear frame and foliage, and two bands with loops for suspension. One of the bands is stamped with Imperial Ottoman silver hallmarks tughra (probable of the Mahmud I (Sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1730 to 1754), but worn out, so it is uncertain) and a small square assay mark. This is a very rare early Turkish Ottoman blade, similar blades are in the collection of the Top Kapi Saray Museum, and are dated to the 16th -17th century. During the 18th - 19th century period time, most of the 16th -17th century old Turkish blades were remounted to the new fashion of mounting, with the Pistol shape hilt, so even in Turkish museums most of the ottoman swords have later mountings. This sword certainly has been remounted, due to the reinforcing metal zigzag band mounted on the ricasso of the blade under the crossguard. REFERENCES: Examples of almost identical ottoman blades dated to the 16th -17th century, and mounted in the 18th -19th century mountings, can be seen in the Topkapi Sarayi Museum Istanbul, and also in the Askeri Museum Istanbul Turkey, and other collections. REFERENCES 1) “Islamic Swords and Swordsmiths” by Unsal Yucel 2) “The Arts of the Muslim Knight – The Furusiyya Art Foundation Collection” by Bashir Mohamed CONDITION: Some age cracks in the horn scales, the silver mountings are worn with small dents. MEASUREMENTS: The overall length in the scabbard is approximately: 96.5 cm (38 in). The overall length without the scabbard is approximately: 94 cm (37 in). The length of the blade is approximately: 79.5 cm (31 1/4 in). The Turkish Ottoman kilij sword was mainly favored by the famous Turkish Ottoman elite cavalry Sipahi, but was also very admired by nobility of Balkan states, and Eastern European countries such as Hungary, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine. ALL ITEMS ARE GUARANTEED TO BE AUTHENTIC ANTIQUES, AND NOT REPRODUCTIONS. ALL OUR ARTIFACTS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY. WE SHIP INTERNATIONALLY   « Less

SOLD Antique 19th century Turkish Ottoman military Sword. A sturdy slightly curved narrow blade, cut on each side with a full-length fuller. A brass pistol shape hilt, and a  More »

SOLD Antique 19th century Turkish Ottoman military Sword. A sturdy slightly curved narrow blade, cut on each side with a full-length fuller. A brass pistol shape hilt, and a bulbous pommel, in a characteristic Turkish Ottoman style, with a loop for the tassel. In its original leather-bound wooden scabbard, mounted with a large silver locket, and chape, embossed and engraved with foliage and trophies. Since the scabbard of the sword has no bands, or loops, for suspension, and only a loop on the pommel for a tassel, and the bottom of the chape is crushed, this indicates the possibility that the sword was used by a Turkish Officer as a walking cane, or swagger stick. CONDITION: Minor splits on the joins of the brass pommel, and a trace of old soldering, possibly the loop is a later addition. The brass mountings are worn with minor splits. MEASUREMENTS: The overall length with the scabbard: 87.6 cm (34 1/2 in). ALL ITEMS ARE GUARANTEED TO BE AUTHENTIC ANTIQUES, AND NOT REPRODUCTIONS. ALL OUR ARTIFACTS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY. WE SHIP INTERNATIONALLY   « Less