MID-18TH CENTURY
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A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD
MID-18TH CENTURY
WITH SLENDER BLADE OF HOLLOW TRIANGULAR SECTION ETCHED AND GILT OVER HALF ITS LENGTH AGAINST A BLUED GROUND WITH SCROLLWORK, TROPHIES OF ARMS, A CROWNED CARTOUCHE, A FIGURE OF VICTORY, AND AT THE FORTE THE INSCRIPTION 'ME FECIT SOHLINGEN', IRON HILT FINELY CHISELLED IN RELIEF WITH TROPHIES OF ARMS FRAMED BY ROCOCO SCROLLWORK AND FOLIAGE ON A GILT FISH-ROE GROUND, AND WOODEN GRIP (LOOSE) BOUND WITH TWISTED SILVER-GILT WIRE AND RIBBON
29.1/8IN. (74CM.) BLADE
MID-18TH CENTURY
WITH SLENDER BLADE OF HOLLOW TRIANGULAR SECTION ETCHED AND GILT OVER HALF ITS LENGTH AGAINST A BLUED GROUND WITH SCROLLWORK, TROPHIES OF ARMS, A CROWNED CARTOUCHE, A FIGURE OF VICTORY, AND AT THE FORTE THE INSCRIPTION 'ME FECIT SOHLINGEN', IRON HILT FINELY CHISELLED IN RELIEF WITH TROPHIES OF ARMS FRAMED BY ROCOCO SCROLLWORK AND FOLIAGE ON A GILT FISH-ROE GROUND, AND WOODEN GRIP (LOOSE) BOUND WITH TWISTED SILVER-GILT WIRE AND RIBBON
29.1/8IN. (74CM.) BLADE