LATE 17TH CENTURY
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A Small-Sword
Late 17th Century
The blade of flattened hexagonal section changing to flattened diamond, with central pierced fuller at the forte, the bronze hilt of standard form with two quillons with lobe-shaped tips, cast and chased with conventional foliage and grotesque masks, and with original wire-bound wooden grip
31¼in. (79.4cm.) blade
Late 17th Century
The blade of flattened hexagonal section changing to flattened diamond, with central pierced fuller at the forte, the bronze hilt of standard form with two quillons with lobe-shaped tips, cast and chased with conventional foliage and grotesque masks, and with original wire-bound wooden grip
31¼in. (79.4cm.) blade