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An English Silver-Hilted Small-SwordCirca 1730
24 May 2023, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,024 inc. premium
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An English Silver-Hilted Small-Sword
Circa 1730
Circa 1730
With sharply tapering blade of hollow triangular section inlaid with serrated brass foliage between flower-heads on one side of the forte, hilt cast and chased with classical trophies centred on foliated strapwork, all against finely punched grounds and comprising asymmetrical double shell-guard, slender arms, lobed rear quillon, knuckle-guard, globular pommel with button, and grip bound with two thicknesses of silver wire, in later whitened vellum-covered wooden scabbard with line engraved steel mounts and fabric suspension belt
68.5 cm. blade
68.5 cm. blade








