with straight double-edged lade of flattened-hexagonal section (the last 28.0 cm restored), stamped with a brief inscription with a short slender fuller on each face at the forte, long rectangular ricasso, formed with three grooves each filled with a chiselled design of scrolls and formed with a pair of short serpentine lugs, iron hilt comprising fluted écusson, a pair of straight faceted quillons with finely filed terminals each terminating in a spirally fluted knop (one slightly bent), knop-shaped pommel chiselled with conventional leaves, and wooden grip with later leather covering, 120.0 cm blade

Provenance

Howard M. Curtis (no. 444)

A sword with a related hilt is preserved in the Wallace Collection (inv. no. A471).