A SMALL-SWORD with slender double-edged blade etched with strapwork and amorini (rubbed) at the forte, the brass hilt with traces of gilding, plain except for raised borders to the shells and fluting on the quillon-block and ovoidal pommel, and wire-bound wooden grip, early 18th Century; another, with associated blade etched on each face of the forte 'Wilhelm Der IX TE Landgraf Zu Hessen', steel hilt with pommel of octagonal section, and wire-bound wooden grip, German, late 18th Century; another, with associated rapier blade pierced within the fullers at the forte, steel boat-shell hilt (slight damage) decorated with faceted rosettes, and wire-bound wooden grip, late 18th Century; and another, the brass boat-shell hilt with side-loop on the outside, cast and chased in high relief, and partly pierced with running foliage, and crown-shaped pommel, mid-19th Century, probably German