100 Civil War Period Lead Musket Balls

Hand-forged with leaf-shaped blade and three pronounced midribs, rounded shoulder, stepped lower guard square-section tang, upper guard with stepped upper face. 186 grams, 37.5 cm



Ex Mayfair gallery, London, UK, before 1999. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by a copy of a previous catalogue information page.

With ribbed terminals; the upper body with three relief panels of herringbone design, the main body decorated with spikes, three lion bodies arranged vertically, and three ram-head protomes under the central herringbone panel; mounted on a custom-made stand. 650 grams total, 18.5 cm high (26.5 cm high including stand)



Ex Kuizenga collection, Netherlands. Acquired in Hamburg, Germany, 22 December 1995.

Moorey notes that though the rows of spikes suggest that these objects were designed to be mounted on wooden shafts as cudgels, the projections in the form of lions (?) indicates the possibility that they were also used as votive or parade weapons. However, it does not exclude an effective use on the battlefield, especially if used by commanders as signs of rank.

Comprising arrowheads of various types, mainly leaf-shaped and barbed types, with midribs. 216 grams total, 12.2 - 18 cm



Acquired 1990s. From the collection of a late Japanese weaponry collector.

The barbed arrowhead seems to belong to the type V, subcategory type C, according to the classification of Khorasani and Negahban. In the four categories of triangular bronze arrowheads from Luristan, Marlik and Northern Iran individuated by Negahban, subtypes C and D of type V are larger arrow or javelin heads, C large triangular arrowheads with barbed shoulders and D with lanceolate shape and rounded midrib. The straight shoulders recalls a Marlik typology (see Khorasani, 2006, p.307, fig.379).