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Lot 110

An English Silver-Hilted Hunting Sword
Indistinct London Silver Hallmarks For 1738

20 April 2011, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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An English Silver-Hilted Hunting Sword
Indistinct London Silver Hallmarks For 1738

With slightly curved saw-back blade double-edged towards the point and fullered over its entire length on each side, hilt cast and chased in relief with shells and foliage against finely punched grounds, centred on a bearded 'Green Man's' mask on the downbent shell-guard and on the back of the pommel, lobed rear quillon, quillon-block with a lion-mask on each side, knuckle-guard, and vertically fluted tapering dark horn grip
56.7 cm. blade

Footnotes

A similar example in the Victoria and Albert Museum, see Howard L. Blackmore, Hunting Weapons, 1971, pl. 26

Cf. another very similar example sold in these Rooms, Fine Antique Arms and Armour Including items from the Per T. Norheim Collection, 29 April 2010, lot 47

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