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A Trooper's Sword Of The Earl Of Oxford's Regiment Of Horse, Later The Royal Horseguards (The Blues)Late 17th Century
6 April 2006, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge£1,500 - £2,000
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Late 17th Century
Late 17th Century
With single-edged blade (some pitting overall) double-edged towards the reduced point and with a narrow fuller along the back on each side, the forte incised with a running wolf mark on one side, brass hilt comprising double shell-guard cast in relief on each side with the crowned crest and motto of Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford and linked to the knuckle-guard (repaired) by a scrolled bar on each side, short rear quillon, large globular pommel en suite with the shell-guard, and original wooden grip bound with twisted wire of varying degrees of thickness
76.5 cm. blade
76.5 cm. blade
Footnotes
Lt. General Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford KG was appointed Colonel of the regiment on 26 January 1661 until 4 February 1668. In December 1668 he was reappointed Colonel until his death in 1703. He was described as 'a man of loose morals but of inoffensive temper and of courtly manners'. The regiment enjoyed the King's favour and was entrusted with special duties attaching it to the sovereign








