Lot Essay
This sword could have been made for civil ceremonial use or perhaps as a theatrical prop. The blade has never had a sharp edge
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LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A CEREMONIAL TWO-HAND BROADSWORD
LATE 19TH CENTURY
With tapering double-edged blade, copper-coloured slightly down-turned quillons of tapering rectangular section, swelling cord-bound grip, large copper-coloured disc pommel with applied lion-mask roundel to one side, in original brass-mounted red-leather-covered scabbard (chape lacking, some wear and spliting to leather, blade with patches of discolouration)
36in. (91.4cm.) blade
LATE 19TH CENTURY
With tapering double-edged blade, copper-coloured slightly down-turned quillons of tapering rectangular section, swelling cord-bound grip, large copper-coloured disc pommel with applied lion-mask roundel to one side, in original brass-mounted red-leather-covered scabbard (chape lacking, some wear and spliting to leather, blade with patches of discolouration)
36in. (91.4cm.) blade