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A Continental Ormolu-Hilted Small-Sword With Agate GripCirca 1730-40, Possibly Dutch
29 April 2010, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £480 inc. premium
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Circa 1730-40, Possibly Dutch
Circa 1730-40, Possibly Dutch
With tapering blade of flattened hexagonal section retaining traces of etched decoration on both sides at the forte, hilt comprising double shell-guard, fluted quillon-block, faceted arms, rear quillon and knuckle-guard, all cast and chased with foliage and elongated hollowed ovals, faceted agate grip (minor chip) of tapering circular section, and much of its original gilding
74.6 cm. blade
74.6 cm. blade
Footnotes
For a similar small-sword with a silver hilt, in the Legermuseum, Delft, see J.P. Puype, Blanke Wapens, 1981, p. 49, pl. 42








