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EACH THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY
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TWO CONTINENTAL SMALL-SWORDS WITH PIERCED AND CHISELLED STEEL HILTS
Each third quarter of the 18th Century
The first with slender blade of hollow triangular section etched with scrollwork, a trophy of arms, and the figure of Victory at the forte, the parcel-gilt boatshell hilt (some wear and pitting) decorated with scrollwork and trophies of arms heightened with applied silver figures, the grip with later binding of copper wire; the second with colichemarde blade of hollow triangular section, the parcel-gilt hilt decorated with scenes of the chase in architectural landscapes (some pitting), the grip bound with silver ribbon and plaited copper wire
31¼in. (79.4cm.) and 34¼in. (87cm.) blades (2)
Each third quarter of the 18th Century
The first with slender blade of hollow triangular section etched with scrollwork, a trophy of arms, and the figure of Victory at the forte, the parcel-gilt boatshell hilt (some wear and pitting) decorated with scrollwork and trophies of arms heightened with applied silver figures, the grip with later binding of copper wire; the second with colichemarde blade of hollow triangular section, the parcel-gilt hilt decorated with scenes of the chase in architectural landscapes (some pitting), the grip bound with silver ribbon and plaited copper wire
31¼in. (79.4cm.) and 34¼in. (87cm.) blades (2)
Provenance
Claude Falkiner
J.D. Aylward
J.D. Aylward
Literature
(The second) J.D. Aylward, The small-sword in England, fig. 24
Special notice
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