A FRENCH ORMOLU-HILTED SMALL-SWORD with colichemarde blade of hollow triangular section etched with symmetrical designs of scrolls and strapwork on each side of the forte, the hilt finely cast and chased with trophies of arms, hunting and music, flowerheads, foliage and rococo ornament, all against a granular ground, the grip en suite, the knuckle-guard struck with the c couronné poinçon, circa 1745 | Christie's

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-HILTED SMALL-SWORD with colichemarde blade of hollow triangular section etched with symmetrical designs of scrolls and strapwork on each side of the forte, the hilt finely cast and chased with trophies of arms, hunting and music, flowerheads, foliage and rococo ornament, all against a granular ground, the grip en suite, the knuckle-guard struck with the c couronné poinçon, circa 1745

細節

A FRENCH ORMOLU-HILTED SMALL-SWORD with colichemarde blade of hollow triangular section etched with symmetrical designs of scrolls and strapwork on each side of the forte, the hilt finely cast and chased with trophies of arms, hunting and music, flowerheads, foliage and rococo ornament, all against a granular ground, the grip en suite, the knuckle-guard struck with the c couronné poinçon, circa 1745
33½in. blade

拍品專文

The couronné poinçon was a tax mark employed on any alloy containing copper between March 1745 and February 1749