EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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A DRESS-SWORD WITH CUT-STEEL HILT
Early 19th Century
With slender blade of hollow triangular section decorated for over half its length from the hilt with etched and gilt scrolling foliage against a blued ground, the hilt (some surface rust) with pierced oval shell, a pair of quillons and a double string of cut-steel beads in place of a knuckle-guard, urn-shaped pommel, and steel grip decorated en suite with the rest of the hilt, in its original vellum-covered scabbard (broken) with reeded steel lockets, the upper one signed 'Odell, Manufacturer, 19 Old Bond St. London'
32in. (81.3cm.) blade
Early 19th Century
With slender blade of hollow triangular section decorated for over half its length from the hilt with etched and gilt scrolling foliage against a blued ground, the hilt (some surface rust) with pierced oval shell, a pair of quillons and a double string of cut-steel beads in place of a knuckle-guard, urn-shaped pommel, and steel grip decorated en suite with the rest of the hilt, in its original vellum-covered scabbard (broken) with reeded steel lockets, the upper one signed 'Odell, Manufacturer, 19 Old Bond St. London'
32in. (81.3cm.) blade
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