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The running fox mark on the blade of the first is of a style sometimes attributed to the Shotley Bridge manufactory in Co. Durham
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TWO ENGLISH HANGERS
Late 17th Century
The first with heavy curved saw-backed single-edged blade back-edged towards the point, and incised on each face with a running fox mark, the iron hilt comprising short lobe-tipped rear quillon, downturned pelta-shaped shell, slender knuckle-guard, and bonnet-shaped cap-pommel, the shell chiselled in low relief with the figure of a horseman, the hilt elsewhere sparsely chiselled and engraved with foliage and leaves, and staghorn grip with an iron ferrule at the base; the second with narrow curved single-edged blade double-edged towards the point, struck on each face with a full-faced king's head mark, the hilt similar to the last, but the shell oval and chiselled with a bird within foliated scrollwork bearing masks, the deep cap-pommel a working replacement in pewter (the staghorn grip damaged)
17 3/8in. (44.2cm.) and 16¼in. (41.3cm.) blades (2)
Late 17th Century
The first with heavy curved saw-backed single-edged blade back-edged towards the point, and incised on each face with a running fox mark, the iron hilt comprising short lobe-tipped rear quillon, downturned pelta-shaped shell, slender knuckle-guard, and bonnet-shaped cap-pommel, the shell chiselled in low relief with the figure of a horseman, the hilt elsewhere sparsely chiselled and engraved with foliage and leaves, and staghorn grip with an iron ferrule at the base; the second with narrow curved single-edged blade double-edged towards the point, struck on each face with a full-faced king's head mark, the hilt similar to the last, but the shell oval and chiselled with a bird within foliated scrollwork bearing masks, the deep cap-pommel a working replacement in pewter (the staghorn grip damaged)
17 3/8in. (44.2cm.) and 16¼in. (41.3cm.) blades (2)
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