‡ A NORTH EUROPEAN PILLOW SWORD, MID-17TH CENTURY, with tapering blade of hollow section formed with a back-edge of stiff-triangular section and retaining some etched decoration at the forte, iron hilt comprising a pair of quillons with mushroom-shaped terminals, outer ring-guard interrupted by a double central moulding and pommel all en suite with the quillons, and fluted wooden grip with 'Turk's heads' (binding missing), 71.7 cm blade