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PARIS SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1769
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A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD WITH SILVER-GILT HILT
Paris silver hallmarks for 1769
With blade of flattened hexagonal section changing to flattened diamond at the point, the forte gilt and etched with fine scrollwork and foliage, and with a central fuller on each face inlaid with silver beads, the hilt cast, chased, and partly pierced with scrolling foliage and rosettes framing cartouches containing urns and flowers in relief, the double-shell struck with partly-concealed silver marks, the wooden grip bound with silver ribbon and plaited silver wire, charge mark of Julien Alaterre, silver maker's mark indistinct
31¼in. (76.8cm.) blade
Paris silver hallmarks for 1769
With blade of flattened hexagonal section changing to flattened diamond at the point, the forte gilt and etched with fine scrollwork and foliage, and with a central fuller on each face inlaid with silver beads, the hilt cast, chased, and partly pierced with scrolling foliage and rosettes framing cartouches containing urns and flowers in relief, the double-shell struck with partly-concealed silver marks, the wooden grip bound with silver ribbon and plaited silver wire, charge mark of Julien Alaterre, silver maker's mark indistinct
31¼in. (76.8cm.) blade
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