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Lot 130

Two Steel-Hilted Small-Swords
Mid-18th Century

25 July 2007, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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Two Steel-Hilted Small-Swords
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

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