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Probus Auktioner’s November 16 sale in Stockholm features an impressive selection of early European firearms, rare Swedish military swords, armour and Oriental arms. The 288-lot auction offers collectors a particularly strong selection of 17th- and 18th-century weapons, including several exceptional examples from Sweden’s Carolean period.

Leading the firearms is a fine wheel-lock sporting rifle (lot 16), estimated at SEK 125,000, alongside a pair of German flintlock holster pistols dating to circa 1700 (lot 30), estimated at SEK 80,000. An unusual Turkish miquelet-lock rifle (lot 3) has already attracted considerable bidding interest.

Among the outstanding Swedish swords are a cavalry officer’s sword dated 1714 (lot 70), bearing Charles XII’s monogram, a rare m/1701 Drabant sword (lot 69), an m/1711 Carolean cavalry sword (lot 66), an officer’s pallasch m/1775 (lot 81), and a cavalry sword dating to circa 1700 (lot 68).

Further highlights include a late 16th-century German half-armour (lot 220), an Austrian flintlock sporting gun by Wenzel Spazierer (lot 17), a cavalry pallasch (lot 76), a Swedish m/1759 hussar pistol (lot 137), a pair of cavalry pistols (lot 31), and a cup-hilt rapier (lot 51).
The sale takes place on November 16, with viewing November 10–13.