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Lot 1045

TWO SILVER HILTED SPANISH/MEXICAN SWORDS,
19th century.

3 – 13 August 2025, 12:00 EDT
Online, Skinner Marlborough, Massachusetts

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TWO SILVER HILTED SPANISH/MEXICAN SWORDS,
19th century.

One with silver hilt decorated with engraved meandering vine and flower motif, horn grip and chain knuckle bow; curved single-edge blade with false edge at the clipped tip and single narrow fuller; with later brown leather scabbard.
Overall lg. 43 in.

A silver and gilt brass hilted Mameluke-style saber with floral embossed grip panels; curved single-edge blade with false edge at the tip and with etched foliate scroll and English coat of arms decoration; brown leather scabbard.
Overall lg. 36 in.

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Literature
Mameluke sword is illustrated and described in Rodney Hilton Brown, Treasures of the Caribbean (Fairhaven, MA: The War Museum Press, 2023), pp. 282-283.

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