A GERMAN SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD FOR A CHILD with slender tapering blade of hollow triangular section blued , etched and gilt at the forte with rococo strapwork and foliage, the hilt comprising short lobed rear quillon, broad side-loop pierced and chased with strapwork and flowers, slender knuckle-guard, flattened globular pommel, and silver baluster grip, cast, chased and partly gilt throughout with rococo decoration, in original white shagreen-covered scabbard with parcel-gilt silver mounts en suite with the hilt, and silver suspension rings, mid-18th Century