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Lot 80*
A Variation 1796 Pattern Infantry Officer's SwordBy Burne & Co., London, Warranted, Early 19th Century
24 April 2013, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge£600 - £800
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By Burne & Co., London, Warranted, Early 19th Century
By Burne & Co., London, Warranted, Early 19th Century
With slightly curved single-edged blade etched over most of its length on one side with maker's details, a cornucopia and foliage inhabited by the figure of Britannia, and along the other with foliage involving an urn and the figure of Victory, regulation gilt hilt cast and chased with foliage and comprising double shell-guard, lobed rear quillon, knuckle-guard, faceted pommel with button, and grip bound with twisted silver wire, in its gilt scabbard with two rings for suspension, and retaining most of its original gilding
82 cm. blade
82 cm. blade
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Provenance:
Probably household of George IV, King of Hanover, Blankenburg until moved to Schloss Marienburg in 1945




