AN ITALIAN SWORD OF THE HISTORISMUS PERIOD in early Renaissance style, the broad triangular blade (light pitting) with two wide shallow fullers on each face, at the base of each face a gilt panel etched with Roman warriors in combat and struck with a crowned arrow mark, the hilt of gilt iron comprising arched quillons, grip, and crescent-shaped pommel, the latter with turned button, cast and chased in low relief with foliage, human figures, birds and masks, mid-19th Century