ANOTHER, composite, the long slender blade of flattened hexagonal section with long ricasso struck on one side with a mark, iron hilt comprising slender quillons with writhen tips and cup with flanged roped edge, pierced and chased with panel of foliated scrollwork separated by pointed-oval cartouches engraved and chased with foliage and grotesque demi-figures, writhen ovoidal pommel, and spirally grooved wire-bound wooden grip, comprehensively circa 1660

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ANOTHER, composite, the long slender blade of flattened hexagonal section with long ricasso struck on one side with a mark, iron hilt comprising slender quillons with writhen tips and cup with flanged roped edge, pierced and chased with panel of foliated scrollwork separated by pointed-oval cartouches engraved and chased with foliage and grotesque demi-figures, writhen ovoidal pommel, and spirally grooved wire-bound wooden grip, comprehensively circa 1660
43in. blade

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