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LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS, CIRCA 1750
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AN ENGLISH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD
London silver hallmarks, circa 1750
With colichemard blade of hollow triangular section retaining traces of etched decoration on each side of the forte, the hilt with double-shell and finely pierced and chased with trophies of arms and rococo decoration, the original grip bound with silver ribbon and twisted silver wire, in vellum-covered scabbard (old repair) with chased silver mouth-locket and chape, and two carrying-rings, the mouth-locket with pricked signature '.... Royal Exchange'
32¼in. (81.9cm.) blade
London silver hallmarks, circa 1750
With colichemard blade of hollow triangular section retaining traces of etched decoration on each side of the forte, the hilt with double-shell and finely pierced and chased with trophies of arms and rococo decoration, the original grip bound with silver ribbon and twisted silver wire, in vellum-covered scabbard (old repair) with chased silver mouth-locket and chape, and two carrying-rings, the mouth-locket with pricked signature '.... Royal Exchange'
32¼in. (81.9cm.) blade
Provenance
J.D. Aylward
Literature
J.D. Aylward, The small-sword in England, fig. 36A
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