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A 1796 Pattern Light Cavalry Trooper's SwordBy J. Eginton, Handsworth, Birmingham, Sword Cutler, Button Maker & C to His Royal Highness Prince Edward, Late 18th/Early 19th Century
30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £500 inc. premium
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By J. Eginton, Handsworth, Birmingham, Sword Cutler, Button Maker & C to His Royal Highness Prince Edward, Late 18th/Early 19th Century
By J. Eginton, Handsworth, Birmingham, Sword Cutler, Button Maker & C to His Royal Highness Prince Edward, Late 18th/Early 19th Century
With bright curved fullered blade, steel regulation stirrup hilt with langets, lobed rear quillon, faceted knuckle-guard pierced for a sword-knot, faceted pommel and back-piece in one, and ribbed leather-covered grip bound with twisted silver wire (one strand loose), in its original steel scabbard engraved with maker's details in an oval on one side at the throat, and with two split-rings for suspension (hilt and scabbard with some surface rust patination and light pitting)
83.5 cm. blade
83.5 cm. blade
Footnotes
An entry is the pocketbook of Matthew Boulton for the year 1773 records 'a very fine & Elegant hylt for Lord Denbeigh let Eginton design it'. This refers to either Francis Eginton (1775-1823), or his brother John (died 1796), both of whom worked for Boulton for a time. See A.V.B. Norman, The Rapier and Small-Sword 1460-1820, 1980, p. 325








