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Lot 130
Two Steel-Hilted Small-SwordsMid-18th Century
25 July 2007, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,320 inc. premium
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Mid-18th Century
Mid-18th Century
The first with tapering blade of hollow triangular section etched over its entire length with the twelve Apostles, the forte on each side etched 'God bless King George for Ever' between panels of wrigglework, unusual russet steel hilt pierced and chiselled with martial trophies within oval medallions suspended from ribbons, all against grounds pierced with trelliswork involving chiselled foliage, and comprising shallow cup-guard, slender quillons with recurved terminals, knuckle-guard, globular pommel, and swelling grip; the second with tapering colichemarde blade of flattened hexagonal section retaining traces of etched decoration on both sides at the forte, russet hilt similar to the last and with conventional shell-guard (2)
77 cm. and 81.6 cm. blades
77 cm. and 81.6 cm. blades








