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A Spanish Officer's Stirrup-Hilted SabreMid-19th Century
23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £875 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Spanish Officer's Stirrup-Hilted Sabre
Mid-19th Century
Mid-19th Century
With bright curved fullered blade double-edged at the clipped-back point, etched and gilt against a blued ground over half its length on each side with the arms of Zamora between foliage and martial trophies, hilt retaining traces of gilding and comprising square langets, one with vacant shield-shaped escutcheon between sprigs of laurel, rear quillon with foliate terminal, lion-head pommel and back-piece in one, and ribbed fishskin-covered grip bound with twisted copper wire (slightly loose), in original brass scabbard (minor dents) with two rings for suspension
80 cm. blade
80 cm. blade
Footnotes
Zamora is a city in Castile and León, North West Spain








