A COMPOSITE SMALL-SWORD WITH SILVER HILT
POSSIBLY ENGLISH, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
A COMPOSITE SMALL-SWORD WITH SILVER HILT POSSIBLY ENGLISH, EARLY 18TH CENTURY With tapering blade of hollow triangular section with a spray of brass-inlaid flowering foliage on one side at the forte, hilt comprising small asymmetrical double shell-guard, long arms, lobed quillon, knuckle-guard and globular pommel cast and chased throughout with scrollwork and triumphant Classical figures, and original silver-wire-bound grip 28¾in. (73cm.) blade
A COMPOSITE SMALL-SWORD WITH SILVER HILT
POSSIBLY ENGLISH, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
A COMPOSITE SMALL-SWORD WITH SILVER HILT POSSIBLY ENGLISH, EARLY 18TH CENTURY With tapering blade of hollow triangular section with a spray of brass-inlaid flowering foliage on one side at the forte, hilt comprising small asymmetrical double shell-guard, long arms, lobed quillon, knuckle-guard and globular pommel cast and chased throughout with scrollwork and triumphant Classical figures, and original silver-wire-bound grip 28¾in. (73cm.) blade
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