A SWEDISH RIDING SWORD with sharply tapering double-edged blade of flattened diamond section, the forte etched with scrollwork and a male and female bust, iron hilt decorated on the outside with punched conventional flowers and foliage, flattened vertically recurved comma-shaped quillons, thumb-guard, upturned heart-shaped side ring filled with a plate embossed with a foliated mask and extended to form a knuckle-guard, heart-shaped pommel, and grooved wooden grip (wire binding missing, some pitting overall), circa 1640-50