FRENCH, MID-18TH CENTURY
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French, Mid-18th Century
The colichemarde blade of hollow triangular section decorated with etched strapwork (rubbed) at the forte, the steel hilt chiselled in low relief with trophies of arms and foliage bright against a gilt ground, and with original wooden grip bound with twisted silver wire and ribbon, the latter gilt
32in. (81.3cm.) blade
French, Mid-18th Century
The colichemarde blade of hollow triangular section decorated with etched strapwork (rubbed) at the forte, the steel hilt chiselled in low relief with trophies of arms and foliage bright against a gilt ground, and with original wooden grip bound with twisted silver wire and ribbon, the latter gilt
32in. (81.3cm.) blade