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Lot 132Ф,Y

An Officer's Ivory-Hilted Hanger
Circa 1780

23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£800 - £1,000

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An Officer's Ivory-Hilted Hanger
Circa 1780

With curved fullered russet blade double-edged at the point and with traces of etched foliage on both sides of the forte, slightly recurved looped russet steel guard, swelling ivory grip carved with diagonal ribs along both sides and with a frond against a hatched ground along either side, lion-head pommel in the round with bared teeth and moveable tongue, steel button finial, and knuckle-chain (steel parts with some pitting)
69 cm. blade

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Provenance
Bonhams Oxford, Antique Arms and Militaria, 5 August 2008, lot 120

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