A COURT-SWORD OF A KNIGHT OF MALTA with blade of hollow triangular section, the forte blued, etched and gilt with trophies and other devices, and signed 'Coulaux Frès Manufre. de Klingenthal', gilt-brass hilt with down-curved shell with applied Maltese cross, short quillons with globular terminals and knuckle-guard all cast and chased as sections of laurel wreath, addorsed lions' heads pommel, and flat mother-of-pearl grip-scales, in original leather-covered scabbard (broken) with gilt-brass locket and chape, complete with original sword-knot, early 19th Century