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Lot 126

A 'Transitional' Sword
Mid-Late 17th Century

30 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A 'Transitional' Sword
Mid-Late 17th Century

With tapering double-edged blade of flattened oval section incised with a running wolf mark on each side in front of the central fuller at the forte, the fuller stamped with a series of '+' marks, iron hilt comprising upcurved double shell-guard, the borders incised with 'X' marks, each shell of kidney shape and filled with a plate pierced and chased with foliage inhabited by birds, arms, quillon-block and straight flat quillons punched with trelliswork, the latter with rounded tips, globular pommel en suite, and grip bound with twisted iron wire (some wear and rust patination)
73.4 cm. blade

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