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Lot 147
A Sabre Of Swiss TypeMid-17th Century
23 May 2018, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £350 inc. premium
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Mid-17th Century
Mid-17th Century
With curved blade (some pitting overall) double-edged to the point and fullered along the back over most of its length on each side, the forte etched with a martial trophy and foliage on both sides, brass half-basket guard of slender bars of circular section comprising a heart-shaped side-ring on the outside framing a brass plate embossed with symmetrical foliage, and linked to the pommel by an outer hand-guard corresponding to the knuckle-guard, each with double central swelling and joined together by a diagonal, downcurved quillon (terminal repaired), brass pommel cast and chased as a lion's head, and swelling brass grip diagonally fluted on one side
80.5 cm. blade
80.5 cm. blade
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A characteristic example of a Swiss infantry sword, of which many examples exist in Swiss museums








