A VENETIAN SCHIAVONA, the broad tapering double-edged blade of flattened hexagonal section with etched decoration (rubbed) at the forte, including a coat-of-arms with three fleur-de-lys, iron half-basket hilt of characteristic form comprising mainly flat diagonal bars with spaces between filled by cross bars, shield-shaped brass pommel with a rosette cast in relief on each face, and leather-covered grooved wooden grip, late 17th Century