VENETIAN OR DALMATIAN, 18TH CENTURY
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VENETIAN OR DALMATIAN, 18TH CENTURY
WITH TAPERING DOUBLE-EDGED BLADE AND SINGLE FULLER ON EACH SIDE OF THE FORTE, ONE WITH TRACES OF AN ORB AND CROSS MARK, CHARACTERISTIC HILT WITH IRON BASKET GUARD, ONE BAR WITH TRACES OF AN INSCRIPTION IN CYRILLIC, BRASS SHIELD-SHAPED POMMEL SLOTTED TO RECEIVE THE TIP OF THE GUARD, AND WOODEN GRIP COVERED WITH SHARKSKIN
35½IN. (90.2CM.) BLADE
FOR SWORDS OF THIS TYPE SEE L.E. BOCCIA, 'LES éPEéS DES ESCLARONS: ENTRE VENISE ET ILLYRIE', GENAVA, 1995, PP. 118-9
VENETIAN OR DALMATIAN, 18TH CENTURY
WITH TAPERING DOUBLE-EDGED BLADE AND SINGLE FULLER ON EACH SIDE OF THE FORTE, ONE WITH TRACES OF AN ORB AND CROSS MARK, CHARACTERISTIC HILT WITH IRON BASKET GUARD, ONE BAR WITH TRACES OF AN INSCRIPTION IN CYRILLIC, BRASS SHIELD-SHAPED POMMEL SLOTTED TO RECEIVE THE TIP OF THE GUARD, AND WOODEN GRIP COVERED WITH SHARKSKIN
35½IN. (90.2CM.) BLADE
FOR SWORDS OF THIS TYPE SEE L.E. BOCCIA, 'LES éPEéS DES ESCLARONS: ENTRE VENISE ET ILLYRIE', GENAVA, 1995, PP. 118-9