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An English Silver-Mounted HangerLondon Silver Hallmarks For 1709-10, Indistinct Maker's Mark Possibly Of Elias Hosier
25 July 2007, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £936 inc. premium
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London Silver Hallmarks For 1709-10, Indistinct Maker's Mark Possibly Of Elias Hosier
London Silver Hallmarks For 1709-10, Indistinct Maker's Mark Possibly Of Elias Hosier
With curved fullered blade (some pitting overall) double-edged towards the point, hilt comprising short rear quillon with rounded terminal cast and chased with a female mask against a stippled ground on each side, knuckle-guard with central bust amid foliage en suite, cushion-shaped pommel-cap decorated en suite with both the quillon and knuckle-guard on top, and natural buckhorn grip with moulded silver basal ferrule, in later brass-mounted black leather scabbard (damaged and repaired)
49 cm. blade
49 cm. blade
Footnotes
For Elias Hosier of the London Cutlers' Company see Leslie Southwick, London Silver-Hilted Swords, 2001, p. 142








