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LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1732
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A SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD
London silver hallmarks for 1732
With tapering blade of hollow triangular section retaining traces of etching on each side of the forte, the hilt with double-shell and cast and chased in relief with swags, Classical portrait medallions, demi-figures, and foliage, all on a punched ground, the grip with its original binding of plaited silver wire, silversmith's mark indistinct
29in. (73.6cm.) blade
London silver hallmarks for 1732
With tapering blade of hollow triangular section retaining traces of etching on each side of the forte, the hilt with double-shell and cast and chased in relief with swags, Classical portrait medallions, demi-figures, and foliage, all on a punched ground, the grip with its original binding of plaited silver wire, silversmith's mark indistinct
29in. (73.6cm.) blade
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