AN ENGLISH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD with colichemarde blade of hollow triangular section etched with symmetrical patterns of foliage and strapwork on each side of the forte, the hilt with symmetrical double-shell guard, cast and chased with allegorical figures, scrolls and foliage, all on a punched ground, the grip with its original binding of silver ribbon and plaited silver wire, in associated silver-mounted vellum-covered scabbard, the locket pricked 'Adams & Parr, Flett Street', London silver hallmarks for 1751, maker's mark TR(?)

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AN ENGLISH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD with colichemarde blade of hollow triangular section etched with symmetrical patterns of foliage and strapwork on each side of the forte, the hilt with symmetrical double-shell guard, cast and chased with allegorical figures, scrolls and foliage, all on a punched ground, the grip with its original binding of silver ribbon and plaited silver wire, in associated silver-mounted vellum-covered scabbard, the locket pricked 'Adams & Parr, Flett Street', London silver hallmarks for 1751, maker's mark TR(?)
32¾in. blade

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