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An English Silver-Hilted Small SwordLondon Silver Hallmarks For 1775, Maker's Mark Of William Kinman
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Including property from the Mark and Peter Dineley Collections
27 November 2019, 10:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,530 inc. premium
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London Silver Hallmarks For 1775, Maker's Mark Of William Kinman
London Silver Hallmarks For 1775, Maker's Mark Of William Kinman
With slender tapering blade of hollow flattened triangular section, the forte etched on both sides with panels of foliated strapwork framing a pair of hearts on one side and a star on the other, hilt cast, pierced and chased with bright-cut florets centred on a ground of pierced scrollwork, all within borders en suite and comprising slightly upturned ovoidal shell-guard, quillon-block, lobed quillons, knuckle-guard, globular pommel with prominent tang button, and grip bound with crimped silver ribbon and two thicknesses of twisted silver wire, in original vellum-covered wooden scabbard with linear engraved silver locket, chape and suspension mounts, and with two rings for suspension
76.6 cm. blade
76.6 cm. blade
Footnotes
William Kinman was a prominent London silver-hilt maker and leading member of the Founders' Company of which he was elected Master in 1780. See Leslie Southwick, London Silver-hilted Swords..., 2001, pp. 159-160, for other examples of his work, pl. 56-57, 59, 62-64, 69, 75-77, 79, and 81-82








