CIRCA 1810-20
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A BRITISH NAVAL OFFICER'S LIGHT DRESS SWORD
CIRCA 1810-20
WITH SLENDER SINGLE-EDGED FULLERED BLADE BECOMING DOUBLE-EDGED AT THE POINT, LIGHTLY ETCHED AT THE FORTE WITH FOLIAGE AND TROPHIES OF ARMS, AND ORNAMENTAL COPPER-ALLOY STIRRUP HILT WITH LION'S HEAD POMMEL AND BLACK FISHSKIN-COVERED GRIP, CAST AND CHASED IN RELIEF WITH FOLIAGE, CROWNED FOULED ANCHORS, AND THE PRINCE OF WALES'S FEATHERS, IN BLACK LEATHER SCABBARD WITH GILT-COPPER MOUNTS (GILDING WORN) CHASED WITH STRAPWORK FRAMING OVAL 'CAMEOS' BEARING RESPECTIVELY A BUST OF KING GEORGE IV, AND ALLEGORICAL FIGURES, THE LOCKET SIGNED 'DUDLEY, GRAND PARADE, PORTSMOUTH'
27IN. (68.6CM.) BLADE
THE PRINCE OF WALES'S FEATHERS AND THE BUST OF GEORGE IV INDICATE A DATE PRIOR TO HIS SUCCESSION TO THE THRONE IN 1820. THE FIRM OF DUDLEY IS RECORDED IN PORTSMOUTH FROM 1790 TO 1941.
CIRCA 1810-20
WITH SLENDER SINGLE-EDGED FULLERED BLADE BECOMING DOUBLE-EDGED AT THE POINT, LIGHTLY ETCHED AT THE FORTE WITH FOLIAGE AND TROPHIES OF ARMS, AND ORNAMENTAL COPPER-ALLOY STIRRUP HILT WITH LION'S HEAD POMMEL AND BLACK FISHSKIN-COVERED GRIP, CAST AND CHASED IN RELIEF WITH FOLIAGE, CROWNED FOULED ANCHORS, AND THE PRINCE OF WALES'S FEATHERS, IN BLACK LEATHER SCABBARD WITH GILT-COPPER MOUNTS (GILDING WORN) CHASED WITH STRAPWORK FRAMING OVAL 'CAMEOS' BEARING RESPECTIVELY A BUST OF KING GEORGE IV, AND ALLEGORICAL FIGURES, THE LOCKET SIGNED 'DUDLEY, GRAND PARADE, PORTSMOUTH'
27IN. (68.6CM.) BLADE
THE PRINCE OF WALES'S FEATHERS AND THE BUST OF GEORGE IV INDICATE A DATE PRIOR TO HIS SUCCESSION TO THE THRONE IN 1820. THE FIRM OF DUDLEY IS RECORDED IN PORTSMOUTH FROM 1790 TO 1941.