27th Jun, 2012 10:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
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A TRANSITIONAL SWORD
A TRANSITIONAL SWORD, MID-17TH CENTURY
with tapering blade of flattened-hexagonal section, stamped with a series of letters within a pair of short fullers on each face, steel hilt comprising asymmetrical double shell-guard pierced and chiselled with foliage inhabited by a pair of addorsed serpenthead scrolls on each side, foliate brim, quillon-block chiselled with scrolls and a scale pattern, a pair of short scrolling arms, quillon chiselled as a mulberry, knuckle-guard interrupted by a central moulding en suite with the quillon, ovoid pommel chiselled with further scrolls and scale patterns, and the grip retaining an early binding of plaited wire and 'Turks' heads'
92cm; 36 1/4in blade
Sold for £1,500
A TRANSITIONAL SWORD, MID-17TH CENTURY
with tapering blade of flattened-hexagonal section, stamped with a series of letters within a pair of short fullers on each face, steel hilt comprising asymmetrical double shell-guard pierced and chiselled with foliage inhabited by a pair of addorsed serpenthead scrolls on each side, foliate brim, quillon-block chiselled with scrolls and a scale pattern, a pair of short scrolling arms, quillon chiselled as a mulberry, knuckle-guard interrupted by a central moulding en suite with the quillon, ovoid pommel chiselled with further scrolls and scale patterns, and the grip retaining an early binding of plaited wire and 'Turks' heads'
92cm; 36 1/4in blade
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 27th Jun, 2012
