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A 1796 Pattern Light Cavalry Officer's SwordBy Thos. Gill, Warranted Never To Fail, Dated 1798
17 May 2017, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £687.50 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA 1796 Pattern Light Cavalry Officer's Sword
By Thos. Gill, Warranted Never To Fail, Dated 1798
By Thos. Gill, Warranted Never To Fail, Dated 1798
With curved fullered blade double-edged at the point, etched along one side with maker's details and date on a shield suspended from a ribbon, a cavalryman on horseback, royal arms, the figure of Victory and a plant in an urn supported by putti, and along the other with the figure of Britannia, crowned 'GR' cypher beneath a baldachin, a martial trophy and foliage, regulation russet steel hilt with variant rounded pommel and back-piece in one, stirrup knuckle-guard pierced for a sword-knot, lobed rear quillon, shield-shaped langets, and ribbed leather-covered grip (leather perished) bound with twisted copper wire, in original steel scabbard with two split-rings for suspension (some rust patination and light pitting)
84 cm. blade
84 cm. blade
Footnotes
For more information regarding Thomas Gill see Leslie Southwick, London Silver-hilted Swords..., 2001, pp. 116-117








