A SWEDISH RIDING SWORD with tapering double-edged blade incised with a central wavy line on each face at the forte, iron hilt decorated on the outside with punched flowers and foliage, flattened vertically recurved comma-shaped quillons, thumb-guard, upturned heart-shaped side-ring filled with a pierced plate and extended to form the knuckle-guard, heart-shaped pommel, and wire-bound wooden grip, circa 1640-50