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A Rare English Silver-Hilted Small-SwordLondon Silver Hallmarks For 1694, Silversmith's Mark of Richard Fuller
29 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £812.50 inc. premium
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London Silver Hallmarks For 1694, Silversmith's Mark of Richard Fuller
London Silver Hallmarks For 1694, Silversmith's Mark of Richard Fuller
With sharply tapering blade of hollow triangular section (some areas of pitting and rust patination), hilt sparsely engraved with foliage and comprising asymmetrical double shell-guard with moulded borders, arms, lobed rear quillon, knuckle-guard, globular pommel with turned button, and grip bound with twisted silver wire between Turk's heads
75.5 cm. blade
75.5 cm. blade
Footnotes
For details of the silversmith described as a 'gifted silver-hilt maker and sword cutler' see Leslie Southwick, London Silver-hilted Swords..., 2001, p. 113, pls. 10, 18-21




