17TH/18TH CENTURY
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AN ENGLISH HERALDIC SWORD
17TH/18TH CENTURY
WITH STRAIGHT DOUBLE-EDGED BLADE SHAPED AND PAINTED TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION OF BEING PARTLY DRAWN FROM A RED SCABBARD WITH GILDED LOCKET AND CHAPE AND A FROG-HOOK AT THE REAR, CRUCIFORM IRON HILT WITH STRAIGHT QUILLONS WITH FISHTAIL-SHAPED ENDS, DISC-SHAPED POMMEL, AND WOODEN GRIP, THE IRON PARTS PAINTED GOLD WITH SIMULATED JEWELS AND, ON EACH FACE OF THE POMMEL, THE CROSS OF ST. GEORGE (PAINT RUBBED THROUGHOUT)
38IN. (96.5CM.) OVERALL
ALMOST CERTAINLY FROM THE STALL OF A KNIGHT OF THE GARTER IN ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL, WINDSOR
17TH/18TH CENTURY
WITH STRAIGHT DOUBLE-EDGED BLADE SHAPED AND PAINTED TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION OF BEING PARTLY DRAWN FROM A RED SCABBARD WITH GILDED LOCKET AND CHAPE AND A FROG-HOOK AT THE REAR, CRUCIFORM IRON HILT WITH STRAIGHT QUILLONS WITH FISHTAIL-SHAPED ENDS, DISC-SHAPED POMMEL, AND WOODEN GRIP, THE IRON PARTS PAINTED GOLD WITH SIMULATED JEWELS AND, ON EACH FACE OF THE POMMEL, THE CROSS OF ST. GEORGE (PAINT RUBBED THROUGHOUT)
38IN. (96.5CM.) OVERALL
ALMOST CERTAINLY FROM THE STALL OF A KNIGHT OF THE GARTER IN ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL, WINDSOR