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A Rare Queen Anne Silver-Hilted Small-SwordLondon Britannia Standard Silver Hallmarks For 1702
29 April 2010, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,800 inc. premium
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London Britannia Standard Silver Hallmarks For 1702
London Britannia Standard Silver Hallmarks For 1702
With sharply tapering blade (some wear and rust patination), the forte on each side etched with designs of symmetrical foliated strapwork against a hatched ground framing a winged heart in a medallion, characteristic hilt cast and chased with foliate scrolls in relief against finely punched grounds, the outer edges of the double shell-guard and the knuckle-guard with pierced loops, and swelling grip bound with silvered twisted copper wire, in later leather scabbard with linear engraved silver locket, chape and suspension mount each struck with Birmingham silver hallmarks for 1966, and with two small rings for suspension
79.2 cm. blade
79.2 cm. blade
Footnotes
Made in the first year of the reign of Queen Anne








