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An English Silver-Hilted Small-Sword
Early 18th Century, Silver Maker's Mark of Joseph Reason

30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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An English Silver-Hilted Small-Sword
Early 18th Century, Silver Maker's Mark of Joseph Reason

With slender tapering blade (some wear and pitting) of flattened hexagonal section etched and gilt with various designs of scrolling foliage along virtually its entire length on both sides, the forte on both sides with a trophy of arms within an oval, hilt cast and chased in low relief with acanthus against finely punched grounds and comprising asymmetrical double shell-guard with raised borders, quillon-block, plain arms, knuckle-guard struck with the maker's mark on one side, lobed rear quillon, globular pommel with button, and grip bound with twisted silver wire between Turk's heads
72.5 cm. blade

Footnotes

For details of this maker, recorded between 1651 and 1727, see Leslie Southwick, London Silver-hilted Swords..., 2001, p. 205

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