24th Jun, 2026 11:00

Live Sale: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, June 2026

 
  Lot 62
 

62

A CONTINENTAL STEEL-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY

with bright slender tapering blade of hollow triangular section retaining traces of etched foliate decoration on both sides of the forte, hilt comprising dish-shaped guard with shaped cusped border, inner ovoidal guard with cusped border and chiselled with a garland against a finely punched gold ground, quillon-block, rear quillon, knuckle-guard and ovoidal pommel all decorated en suite, and swelling grip with a studded star on both sides, in its wood-lined black leather scabbard (old repair) with plain steel locket, chape and suspension mounts, and two suspension rings, 82.0 cm blade

Sold for £480


 

with bright slender tapering blade of hollow triangular section retaining traces of etched foliate decoration on both sides of the forte, hilt comprising dish-shaped guard with shaped cusped border, inner ovoidal guard with cusped border and chiselled with a garland against a finely punched gold ground, quillon-block, rear quillon, knuckle-guard and ovoidal pommel all decorated en suite, and swelling grip with a studded star on both sides, in its wood-lined black leather scabbard (old repair) with plain steel locket, chape and suspension mounts, and two suspension rings, 82.0 cm blade

Auction: Live Sale: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, June 2026, 24th Jun, 2026

 

Including:

An important English Private Collection

Property of the Marquess of Anglesey from Plas Newydd, Anglesey

The Robert E Brooker Jr. Collection of Rare Antique Arms and Armour, Part V

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