with tapering blade of diamond-section, formed with a recessed panel divided by a central rib rising from a lotus flower on each face, integral russet iron hilt comprising a pair of side-bars chiselled with shaped panels filled with a conventional flower at the top, middle and the bottom on the outside, two further panels on the inside, a pair of moulded baluster-shaped grip-bars each chiselled with a tree of life and joined by a pair of quatrefoils, and with traces of early gilt finish throughout, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard (losses), 45.7 cm overall

Roy Elvis catalogue number D122

Provenance

Roy Elvis (1944 – 2022)