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A BRITISH INFANTRY OFFICER'S SPADROON
RETAILED BY TATHAM TO HIS MAJESTY, NO. 37 CHARING CROSS NEAR ADMIRALTY, 1800-01 OR 1814-21
With blade of hollow-diamond section etched and gilt for half its length against a blued ground with scrollwork, trophies, the royal arms and 'For My Country & King', gilt-copper hilt with double shell-guard, short rear quillon and faceted globular pommel each chased with foliage, faceted knuckle-guard (old repair), and silver wire bound wooden grip, in original leather scabbard with gilt-copper mounts and two rings for suspension, the locket with frog-stud and engraved with the retailer's name and address
32½in. (82.5cm.) blade
