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BY BENCOX, LONDON, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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AN UNUSUAL UMBRELLA WITH A HANDLE FORMED FROM A SMALL-SWORD HILT
BY BENCOX, LONDON, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Together with a North African kaskara, in leather scabbard; two First World War German bayonets, one an 1898/05 knife bayonet, the other a private purchase saw-backed 1898 bayonet in steel scabbard with leather frog; a large cast sword for a garden statue; two children's small-swords; and a brown leather-covered field service sword scabbard
The umbrella 34¾ in. (88.3 cm.) overall (8)
BY BENCOX, LONDON, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Together with a North African kaskara, in leather scabbard; two First World War German bayonets, one an 1898/05 knife bayonet, the other a private purchase saw-backed 1898 bayonet in steel scabbard with leather frog; a large cast sword for a garden statue; two children's small-swords; and a brown leather-covered field service sword scabbard
The umbrella 34¾ in. (88.3 cm.) overall (8)
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