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CIRCA 1760
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A SMALL-SWORD WITH PIERCED STEEL HILT
Circa 1760
With tapering blade of hollow triangular section etched with scrolls and strapwork on each side of the forte and the signature 'Devaux marchant fourbisseur Cloitre De St. Germain au Grand Conti A Paris De la fabrique De la marque au Raisin A Sohlingen', the parcel-gilt hilt with double-shell, pierced with martial trophies, and chiselled in low relief with scrolls and interlaced strapwork, the grip bound with silver ribbon and wire
31¾in. (80.6cm.) blade
Circa 1760
With tapering blade of hollow triangular section etched with scrolls and strapwork on each side of the forte and the signature 'Devaux marchant fourbisseur Cloitre De St. Germain au Grand Conti A Paris De la fabrique De la marque au Raisin A Sohlingen', the parcel-gilt hilt with double-shell, pierced with martial trophies, and chiselled in low relief with scrolls and interlaced strapwork, the grip bound with silver ribbon and wire
31¾in. (80.6cm.) blade
Provenance
Claude Falkiner
J.D. Aylward
J.D. Aylward
Literature
J.D. Aylward, The small-sword in England, p. 72, fig. 20
Special notice
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