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A TRANSITIONAL SMALL-SWORD
Circa 1660
With slender blade of flattened diamond section with a single fuller on each side of the forte, large asymmetrical double-shell (loose) pierced and chiselled with foliated scrollwork inhabited by dragons, straight fluted quillons swelling towards the tips, plain arms, and (associated?) fluted ovoidal pommel and wire-bound grip
40in. (101.6cm.) blade
Circa 1660
With slender blade of flattened diamond section with a single fuller on each side of the forte, large asymmetrical double-shell (loose) pierced and chiselled with foliated scrollwork inhabited by dragons, straight fluted quillons swelling towards the tips, plain arms, and (associated?) fluted ovoidal pommel and wire-bound grip
40in. (101.6cm.) blade
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