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For over 30 years I have been a military antiques and antique militaria dealer: antique swords, weapons, guns, uniforms, helmets, equipment, medals, belt buckles, bayonets and almost all other items of general militaria. British, German, European and worldwide items... I have provided all kinds of arms and armour & military collectibles to customers all around the world!
featured antique military items
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Wheellock pistol - Dutch
This fine pistol has a 20-inch/50cm rifled barrel (approx .55 calibre). The lock is the final development of the genre with a set trigger (adjustment screw missing). The stock is marked 'R?P.III', likely to be the stockmaker/gunmaker. Wheellocks of this type would have been used in the 30 Years War and in the frontier fighting against the Turks.
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India pattern Brown Bess musket (Volunteer) - British
This example has a swan-neck cock, the ring-neck version being introduced in 1809. The lock is marked 'Gill' on the inside, almost certainly for John/Thomas Gill Partnership, an ordnance contractor for the British Army in this period. The barrel has Tower Wharf private proof marks, along with some sort of inspection stamp of a letter under a crown.
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Light Dragoon flintlock pistol - British
This is a William Ketland make ('W.Ketland' engraved on the tale of the lock). Willliam Ketland was arguably Birmingham's finest gunsmith of the late 18th century, one of the founder members of the Birmingham proof house, which the government established in the 1790s to help with the proof of military arms.
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Military cauldron - Russian
This fine bronze pot has a tinned finish inside and out and was bought from a family who had taken it from the French in the Napoleonic wars, allegedly brought back on the retreat from Moscow before being captured by the English. The pot has extensive neoclassical design elements, the feet even being decorated with a Father Thames type figure.
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1788 pattern Light Cavalry officer's sabre - British
This splendid sabre, with much of its original lead polish finish to the blade and most of its original campaign blacking to the scabbard, was formally introduced in 1788, but in all probability had actually seen service from the early 1770s. This particular hilt is a direct copy of the 1768 pattern Austrian trooper's type.
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a little history on my antiques interest
I have been a collector of military antiques since the age of 12, starting with bayonets and moving gradually on to swords, finally entering the broader military antique dealing arena in about 1970. At that stage, I rapidly started to learn about antique English pistols and revolvers.
In about 1980, I broadened my dealing coverage from mainstream militaria to include English campaign medals. The arrival of powerful auction houses in this field drove me back to my original interest in general militaria (swords, bayonets, dirks, guns, pistols, etc).
However, I still maintain a lively interest in all military objects, especially the rare and exotic, eg Imperial Russian and Austrian.
Throughout my dealing career, I have built up my personal collection of antique military prints and drawings and a substantial selection of early military photographs up to 1945, principally German and English. To aid both my dealing and collecting, I have a huge library covering all military aspects of antiques going back to the Middle Ages, and many aspects of antiques in general, especially early English silver.
