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Lot 1050
FOUR 19TH CENTURY SPANISH/MEXICAN SWORDS.
3 – 13 August 2025, 12:00 EDT
Online, Skinner Marlborough, MassachusettsSold for US$1,116.25 inc. premium
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FOUR 19TH CENTURY SPANISH/MEXICAN SWORDS.
A silver hilted sword with engraved shell guard, helmet pommel and earlier Spanish cavalry saber blade; a brass hilted small sword with shell guard decorated with molded crown over shield with three castles (similar to the coat of arms of the City of Havana, Cuba), horn grip, and straight double-edge blade; a brass hilted small sword with pierced shell guard decorated with embossed Mexican eagle, mother-of-pearl grip, straight blade; and a brass hilted, likely fraternal sword, with curved blade and leather scabbard.
Overall lg. to 38 3/4 in.
Overall lg. to 38 3/4 in.
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Literature
Havana sword is illustrated and described in Rodney Hilton Brown, Treasures of the Caribbean (Fairhaven, MA: The War Museum Press, 2023), p. 368.




