**AN ENGLISH SMALL-SWORD, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with hollow-triangular blade, steel hilt set with groups of faceted beads, comprising oval shell-guard pierced in imitation of an expanded flowerhead, a pair of slender arms, quillon, knuckle-guard and faceted plummet-shaped pommel, and solid grip decorated en suite 82.5cm; 32 1/2in blade Provenance The Bodmer Collection, Schloss Kyburg, circa 1920