Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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A RARE CASED PAIR OF VICTORIAN 1845 PATTERN
INFANTRY SWORDS BY PHILIPPS & SON, GEORGE ST.,
HANOVER SQ, LONDON, CIRCA 1864-70
with standard and piquet-weight etched blades, each
decorated with foliage, the crowned Royal cypher, the
owner’s initials, ‘A. H.’, crested arms including three Eagles
displayed, and motto ‘Vive ut Vivas’, regulation brass hilts,
one retaining its leather liner and bullion knot, in their
brass-mounted leather scabbards, contained together in
their original mahogany case with flush-fitting brass
carrying handle, and lined in padded red velvet (the lining
worn)
82cm; 32D in and 78cm; 30N in blades
Philipps & Son traded at this address as Philipps, Lawrence
& Son circa 1864-70.
£2000-3000
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