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Lot 65*

A Scarf- Or Pillow-Sword
Circa 1660, Probably English

29 April 2010, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Scarf- Or Pillow-Sword
Circa 1660, Probably English

With tapering double-edged blade (worn and pitted) retaining faint traces of etched decoration on both sides at the forte, iron hilt with double shell-guard (one half missing) filled with a brazed-in plate pierced with a trellised design, scrolled arms beneath flattened rounded quillons, globular pommel with large button, and grip bound with plain and twisted silver wire, the surfaces throughout chiselled with a trellised design encrusted with silver diamonds, flower-heads and pellets centred on fruits and berries against crossed feathers within beaded borders
86.2 cm. blade

Footnotes

For a similar sword, in the Wrangel Armoury, Skokloster, see A.V.B. Norman, The Rapier and Small-Sword 1460-1820, 1980, pp. 184-186, pl. 104

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