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A Rare Georgian Cavalry Trooper's SwordCirca 1760-80
24 April 2013, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £750 inc. premium
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Circa 1760-80
Circa 1760-80
With tapering single-edged blade (some pitting) stamped with indistinct 'GR' crowned on one side towards the forte, and with 'GR' crowned over 'IEF'/'RIS' on the other, slotted steel hilt rising up to form the knuckle-guard, replacement globular pommel, and fishskin-covered grip (damaged, minor worming) bound with twisted brass wire
93.2 cm. blade
93.2 cm. blade
Footnotes
Provenance:
Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire
Cf. two similar examples sold at Bonhams Oxford, Antique Arms and Militaria, 13 May 2009, lots 78 and 86




