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Lot 207
An English Silver-Hilted Small-SwordRetailed By Bland, St. James', London Silver Hallmarks For 1766, 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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Retailed By Bland, St. James', London Silver Hallmarks For 1766, Maker's Mark Of William Kinman
Retailed By Bland, St. James', London Silver Hallmarks For 1766, Maker's Mark Of William Kinman
With sharply tapering blade of hollow triangular section (some wear and rust patination) retaining traces of etched panels of strapwork and French inscriptions on both sides of the forte, one side reading 'Ne Me Firez Pas Sans Raison', hilt cast and chased in low relief with rocailles and foliage framing landscape scenes inhabited by gundogs attacking game and wildfowl, comprising asymmetrical double shell-guard, arms, lobed rear quillon, knuckle-guard, globular pommel with tang button, and grip bound with silver ribbon and two thicknesses of silver wire, in original vellum-covered wooden scabbard (minor damage and painted brown) with embossed and chased silver locket, chape and suspension mount, the former with a martial trophy on one side and pricked retailer's details on the other, and with two rings for suspension
80 cm. blade
80 cm. blade
Footnotes
John Highlord Bland was royal sword cutler and belt maker to George III and is recorded at 68 St. James's Street, Parish of St. James, Piccadilly, Westminster. He died in 1791 and was succeeded by Anne Becket as royal sword cutler and belt maker. See Leslie Southwick, London Silver-hilted Swords..., 2001, p. 51
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