AN ENGLISH CUT STEEL-HILTED SMALL-SWORD with bright slender tapering blade of hollow triangular section etched with scrollwork on each face at the forte, the hilt (originally highly polished, now turning russet) comprising oval guard, spirally fluted grip and ovoidal pommel, each set with multi-faceted beadwork, and slender knuckle-guard and quillon en suite, in original vellum-covered wooden scabbard (tip broken) with steel mounts and two rings for suspension, late 18th Century