THE FIRST DUTCH, CIRCA 1750, THE SECOND CIRCA 1700, PERHAPS ENGLISH

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TWO BRASS-HILTED SMALL-SWORDS
The first Dutch, circa 1750, the second circa 1700, perhaps English
The first with tapering flattened blade etched on each face of the forte with scrollwork, a running fox, and the bladesmith's signature 'Anthonÿ van de Puttelaar Mr. Swaardveger tot Amsterdam' (etching worn), the gilt-bronze hilt (distorted) boldly cast and chased in relief with rococo designs involving insects and chinamen, and formed of only two parts, the double-shell guard and the remaining portions of the hilt including the grip and pommel (some wear to gilding); the second with slender blade of stiff diamond section (surface pitted) with brass-inlaid inscription 'Vive Le Roi' on each face of the flattened ricasso, the hilt with double-shell guard (loose) pierced and chased with scrollwork around diamond-shaped panels enclosing putti, and decorated throughout with beadwork in relief, the pommel with birds, and the quillon-block with further putti, the grip bound with plaited copper wire
29½in. (74.9cm.) and 32in. (81.2cm.) blades (2)

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Lot Essay

Cf. three hunting hangers with blades by Anthony van de Puttelaar in the H.L. Visser Collection, described and illustrated in J.P. Puype, The Visser Collection, vol. I, part 3, pp. 240-245 (cat. nos. 588-590)

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