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An English Silver-Hilted Small-SwordLondon Silver Hallmark For 1761, Silversmith's Mark TC
29 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £625 inc. premium
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London Silver Hallmark For 1761, Silversmith's Mark TC
London Silver Hallmark For 1761, Silversmith's Mark TC
With colichemarde blade (some wear overall) of sharply tapering section etched on both sides of the forte with foliated strapwork centred on a prancing horse on one side, and a star in an oval on the other, hilt cast and chased with gadrooning and comprising asymmetrical double shell-guard with moulded borders, arms, lobed rear quillon, globular pommel with turned button, and grip bound with silver ribbon and two thicknesses of silver wire
80 cm. blade
80 cm. blade
Footnotes
Cf. a very similar sword formerly in the Blunt Collection and sold in these Rooms see Antique Arms, Armour & Modern Sporting Guns, 11 May 2016, lot 318




