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Lot 15

A Continental Small-Sword With Chiselled And Gilt Hilt, And A Composite French Small-Sword
Mid-18th Century

24 June – 8 July 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, Knightsbridge

£600 - £800

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A Continental Small-Sword With Chiselled And Gilt Hilt, And A Composite French Small-Sword
Mid-18th Century

The first with slender tapering blade of flattened hexagonal section, the forte on both sides etched and gilt (gilding refreshed) with strapwork and foliate designs, hilt pierced and chiselled with martial trophies and further designs of foliage and comprising double shell-guard, quillon-block, arms, lobed rear quillon, knuckle-guard, pommel with button, and wooden grip; the second with tapering blade of flattened diamond section, the forte etched on both sides with an indistinct inscription in French, later brass hilt of similar form to the last and cast and chased with profile heads and designs of foliage (2)
76.4 cm. and 78 cm. blades

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