Details
ANOTHER, the blade with two shallow fullers on each face of the forte stamped 'Andrea Ferara', the iron hilt of thin bars framing panels with heart-shaped piercings, and bun-shaped pommel (grip missing, pitted and acid cleaned throughout), mid-18th Century; another, composite, the broad blade (lower three quarters replaced) similarly inscribed, the hilt of flat bars framing panels pierced with triangles and circles, bullet-shaped pommel, and wooden grip, late 18th Century; and another, in excavated condition, early 17th Century
The first 34½in. blade (3)
The first 34½in. blade (3)