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A STEEL-HILTED SMALL-SWORD with slender blade of flattened hexagonal section etched and gilt on each side of the forte, the hilt cut with facets, with associated double shell-guard, and later wooden grip bound with twisted wire between faceted ferrules, first half of the 18th Century; and a German brass-hilted small-sword with tapering blade of flattened oval section and pierced double fullers, heavy hilt with boatshell guard and solid grip, cast and chased throughout with rococo ornament in low relief, mid-18th Century
27in. and 31in. blades (2)
27in. and 31in. blades (2)