A FRENCH STEEL-HILTED SMALL-SWORD with colichemarde blade of hollow triangular section retaining traces of blueing and etched and gilt over nearly its entire length with strapwork, foliage, baldachins, trophies of arms and a crowned portrait bust, the forte (minor repair) with a cherub and inscriptions on each side, the hilt pierced and chiselled in relief with rococo ornament, flowerheads and foliage enclosing military and agricultral trophies, the wooden grip bound with silver ribbon and twisted silver wire, mid-18th Century