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A Fine Small-Sword With Gold-Encrusted HiltCirca 1730, Probably French
25 July 2007, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,920 inc. premium
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Circa 1730, Probably French
Circa 1730, Probably French
With slender tapering blade (some pitting) of hollow triangular section, the hilt thickly encrusted in gold with designs of flowering foliage inhabited by birds including storks and a cockerel and hen, the latter on one side of the globular pommel, squirrels and, on the underside of the double shell-guard, a monkey and a man in contemporary costume standing in what appears to be a theatre-box, quillon-block, arms, rear quillon (bent, minor loss of gold) and knuckle-guard all decorated en suite, and wooden grip bound with silver ribbon and twisted silver wire
74.3 cm. blade
74.3 cm. blade
Footnotes
For a similar example see Christie's London, Antique Arms and Militaria, 16 December 2003, lot 99








