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ANOTHER BRASS-HILTED SMALL-SWORD with tapering blade of flattened hexagonal section stamped 'Tomas Aiala' within the single fullers at the forte, the quillon-block and pommel finely pierced and chased with amorini within scrollwork, and the double shell-guard with naked female figures, masks and grotesques, also within scrollwork, the rear quillon formed as a grotesque head, the knuckle-guard with the figure of Hercules, much original gilding, and later grip bound with copper wire, late 17th Century
30¾in. blade
30¾in. blade