Lot Essay
Another sword of this type dated 1868 and a related dagger sold in these Rooms, 10 October 2013, lot 68 and 7 April 2011, lot 396.
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SPAIN, DATED 1891
Details
A TOLEDO SWORD
SPAIN, DATED 1891
The double-edged blade with a depressed medial ridge, decorated with gold and red enamel palmettes, inscribed 'Arta Fabrica de Toledo 1891', the hilt inscribed with the Nasrid motto 'La ghalib illa Allah', with elongated open work cross-guard and bulbous pommel, the velvet-covered sheath with cusped mounts
44 ½in. (113cm.) long
SPAIN, DATED 1891
The double-edged blade with a depressed medial ridge, decorated with gold and red enamel palmettes, inscribed 'Arta Fabrica de Toledo 1891', the hilt inscribed with the Nasrid motto 'La ghalib illa Allah', with elongated open work cross-guard and bulbous pommel, the velvet-covered sheath with cusped mounts
44 ½in. (113cm.) long
Provenance
Wallis & Wallis, 23rd October 1978, lot 18
Brought to you by
Louise Broadhurst