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ANOTHER, with slender sharply tapering blade, the ricasso struck on each face with a mark and stamped with an inscription, iron hilt comprising deep cup formed of two upturned convex shells linked by bars at front and rear, the outer one chiselled in low relief with grotesque birds, an animal and foliage against a punched ground, arms, slender knuckle-guard, compressed pommel, and bottle-shaped leather-covered wooden grip (split, wire binding missing), mid-17th Century
39¼in. blade
39¼in. blade