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An English 'Mortuary' Hilted BackswordMid-17th Century
24 May 2023, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £3,584 inc. premium
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An English 'Mortuary' Hilted Backsword
Mid-17th Century
Mid-17th Century
With slightly tapering fullered blade double-edged towards the point and cut with a narrow fuller along the back over most of its length on each side, the forte pierced within the fuller with a double orb and cross between numerous circular piercings, iron hilt comprising solid guard chiselled in low relief on each side with a bearded portrait bust, almost certainly representing Charles I, between punched scrolling foliage and borders en suite, knuckle-guard connected to two bifurcated bars on each side and a scrolled bar at the rear on each side all chiselled with foliage, the knuckle-guard and side-bars screwed to the pommel, tightly scrolled wrist-guard, globular pommel chiselled with foliage and with flattened button, and swelling iron grip (some rust patination)
96.5 cm. blade
96.5 cm. blade








