Hilt Collection

Lieutenant-General Rowland, Lord Hill, 1819.Oil on canvas by George Dawe (1781-1829), 1819.Full-length portrait in general officers uniform, wearing Bath Star and Waterloo Medal

WW2 poster, Back him up to the hilt. Your united efforts will put the Win in Winston. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

Emiliano Zapata stands near a brick staircase, in a sombrero, holding the hilt of his sword and holding a rifle aloft, wearing two bandoliers across his chest

King Arthur
A design for a stained glass depiction of King Arthur, proudly holding the hilt of his sword. Date: circa 1860

Attendant Des Ordres
A side profile portrait sketch of a French soldier wearing a helmet with feathery plumes, holding the hilt of his sword, waiting on receiving some orders, his horse is beside him. Date: circa 1901

The Cavalier
A portrait painting of a cavalier, with one hand resting on the hilt of his sword, standing in a hallway with artistically decorated walls and a chair which has a small bunch of pink flowers upon it

German soldiers, hunter and young men of the 15th century
German mens costumes of the 15th century. Young pikeman or Lansknecht with sword and halberd A, soldier with felt hat C, hunter with falcon and glove D, and young men in house clothes B, E, F

Chainmail suits of armour and helms, 12th century
Chainmail suits of armour and helms of 12th century German knights. From manuscripts in Hamburg library. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes

Relics of Prince Charles Edward, the Young Pretender. Folding spoon and case, dress sword, silver-hilted broadsword, silver goblet, travelling (folding) knife, fork and spoon, shield, sporran, dirk

Relics associated with King Henry VIII. Miniature of Anne of Cleves by Holbein, lid of ivory box containing Cleves miniature, lid of ivory box containing Henry VIII Holbein miniature

Diamond combs and head ornaments, wings, sword hilts, etc. Chromolithograph from Edwin Streeters Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London, circa 1895

Balancing acts, 14th century
Girl balancing swords while held on a board by two men, 14th century (top), man balancing a lance on his nose, a sword on his finger, a wheel on his shoulder

Charlemagnes sword, sheath and hilt. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages

Wedgwood chatelaine, vase and sword
Mounted Wedgwood ceramics: chatelaine in steel and gold, vase formed of basalt sucrier, ormolu and marble, and court sword in hand-wrought steel. Chromolithograph by W

Superb sword hilt from the mid-16th century. Guard and pommel in black iron decorated with gold and silver figures, grip with mesh of gold wire in a feather pattern

Sword hilt and gilt hunting pipes, Germany, 16th century
Sword hilt in iron decorated with silver A, and gilt hunting pipes decorated with sapphires B and a crocodile C. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes

Asiatic weapons. Polygar sword 1, Colleree stick 2, Malay dagger or kris, sheath, pommel and hilt 3-8, Malay cresses or kris daggers 9, 10, Malay sabre and sheath 11, 12, Malay dagger 13

Buff coat, belt, glove, with sword and hilt
Buff coat 1, 2, buff belt 3, gilt-silver sword hilt 4, buff arm-piece and glove 5, 6, toledo sword 7, blade and scabbard 8, and hilt 9. Copperplate engraving by J

Helmet, breastplate and weapons
Helmet from a suit of armour of the time of King Charles I, breastplate, tassets and pouldron 3, ancient pertuisan 4, sword with silver hilt 5 and hammer of arms from the Tower of London 6

Ancient figures of Orlando and Oliver, crowns and weapons of Charlemagne. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico after Giuseppe Bramati from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Pesh-kabz and scabbard, nd. Blade has traces of watering. Hilt possibly of walrus ivory. Lanyard stanchion missing. Inscription on reverse of tang explains its history

Jacques Cartier / Profile
JACQUES CARTIER French sailor and explorer Date: 1491 - 1557

Officers sword, 51st Foot, 1809 (c); blade is curved, flat backed, unfullered with a spear point, and is double edged for the last 10 in; steel stirrup guard; steel hilt mounts

Swiss swords, early 16th century.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889

Isabella I the Catholic (1451-1504). Queen of Castilla y Leon (1474-1504). Reproduction of the sword of the queen Isabella. Middle Age. SPAIN. CASTILE-LA MANCHA. Toledo. Army Museum

Battle of El Teb, 1884
Royal Navy Captain A.R.Wilson engages in single combat with only the hilt of his sword, at the Battle of El Teb. He was awarded the Victoria Cross

Sword of Guadalajara. Middle 2nd Millennium BC. Bronze
Sword of Guadalajara. Middle 2nd Millennium BC. Middle Bronze Age. Gold and copper. Detail of the handle. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain

Arm knife and scabbard, nd. Long, double edged blade of usual leaf shape. With semi-circular gear-wheel type stamps. Yellow bone hilt with usual double concave shape

1st Earl of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire Date: 1552 - 1626

Castruccio Castracani
CASTRUCCIO CASTRACANI DEGLI ANTELMINELLI Italian soldier and Ghibelline leader Date: 1281 - 1328

Jean Le M Boucicaut / Thev
JEAN LE MAINGRE BOUCICAUT Marshal of France Date: 1366 - 1421

Sword of a German mercenary, early 16th century.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889

Sword hilt with knob and hook in iron and silver from the 17th century.. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt

Hilts from three 17th century rapiers.. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr

Sword of Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, with details of hilt, blade and scabbard.. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes

Algeria - Arab Insurgent Date: circa 1908

German swords handle (late 16th c. ). ITALY
German swords handle (late 16th c.). ITALY. Venice. Ducal Palace

Spanish sword formerly belonging to Tom᳠de
Spanish sword formerly belonging to Tom᳠ de

ESPOZ Y MINA, Francisco Espoz e Ilundain, also called (1781-1836). Spanish guerrilla leader and general of liberal ideology. Sword and case of Espoz y Mina. SPAIN. Madrid. Army Museum

NAPOLEON I Bonaparte (1769-1821). French military man and politician, Emperor of France (1804-1815). Hilt from Napoleon

Argaric sword. Gold hilt. Celtic art. Jewelry

Dance-Holland, Nathaniel (1735-1811). Captain
Hilt from the Duke of Wellingtons sabre during the Spanish War of Independence. Photography

Jacques Cartier / Harpers
JACQUES CARTIER French sailor and explorer

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