CIRCA 1750
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A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD
Circa 1750
With slender blade of hollow triangular section etched at the forte with scrolls and strapwork, and on one side with the signature 'Dumont Md fourbissr à la Justice sur le pont St. Michel à Paris', and parcel-gilt iron hilt chiselled in relief with floral sprays in oval frames within rococo scrollwork, the double-shell guard pierced with trellis-work, the grip with its original binding of silver ribbon and plaited silver wire
33in. (83.8cm.) blade
Circa 1750
With slender blade of hollow triangular section etched at the forte with scrolls and strapwork, and on one side with the signature 'Dumont Md fourbissr à la Justice sur le pont St. Michel à Paris', and parcel-gilt iron hilt chiselled in relief with floral sprays in oval frames within rococo scrollwork, the double-shell guard pierced with trellis-work, the grip with its original binding of silver ribbon and plaited silver wire
33in. (83.8cm.) blade