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AN EXECUTIONER'S SWORD IN SPANISH 16TH CENTURY STYLE AND ANOTHER EXECUTIONER'S SWORD
AN EXECUTIONER'S SWORD IN SPANISH 16TH CENTURY STYLE AND ANOTHER EXECUTIONER'S SWORD, 19TH CENTURY
the first with broad flat blade formed with a rounded tip, cut with a broad shallow fuller on each side and with a brief inscription, steel hilt including a pair of flattened strongly down-curved quillons pierced with a fretted arrangement of diamonds and quatrefoils, and flattened pierced arrow-shaped pommel, in a modern leather-covered wooden scabbard; the second with heavy flat blade with rounded tip, steel hilt including a pair of straight quillons and fluted globose pommel
the first: 62.5cm; 24 1/2in blade
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AN EXECUTIONER'S SWORD IN SPANISH 16TH CENTURY STYLE AND ANOTHER EXECUTIONER'S SWORD, 19TH CENTURY
the first with broad flat blade formed with a rounded tip, cut with a broad shallow fuller on each side and with a brief inscription, steel hilt including a pair of flattened strongly down-curved quillons pierced with a fretted arrangement of diamonds and quatrefoils, and flattened pierced arrow-shaped pommel, in a modern leather-covered wooden scabbard; the second with heavy flat blade with rounded tip, steel hilt including a pair of straight quillons and fluted globose pommel
the first: 62.5cm; 24 1/2in blade
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