LAST QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
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A 'TRANSITIONAL' SMALL-SWORD
LAST QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
WITH BLADE OF FLATTENED HOLLOW TRIANGULAR SECTION, IRON HILT COMPRISING CHISELLED AND PIERCED ASYMMETRICAL DOUBLE-SHELL GUARD, SHORT SPIRALLY FLUTED DIAGONALLY RECURVED QUILLONS EACH WITH FOLIATE TIP, GLOBULAR POMMEL WITH BUTTON, AND LATER WIRE-BOUND WOODEN GRIP (SOME PITTING THROUGHOUT)
29¾IN. (75.6CM.) BLADE
LAST QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
WITH BLADE OF FLATTENED HOLLOW TRIANGULAR SECTION, IRON HILT COMPRISING CHISELLED AND PIERCED ASYMMETRICAL DOUBLE-SHELL GUARD, SHORT SPIRALLY FLUTED DIAGONALLY RECURVED QUILLONS EACH WITH FOLIATE TIP, GLOBULAR POMMEL WITH BUTTON, AND LATER WIRE-BOUND WOODEN GRIP (SOME PITTING THROUGHOUT)
29¾IN. (75.6CM.) BLADE