Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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A FINE PILLOW SWORD WITH SILVER FILIGREE-
MOUNTED HILT, CIRCA 1680, PROBABLY SWEDISH
with tapering blade pierced with a series of circles and slots
over a deep full-length fuller, gilt-brass hilt cast and chased
with foliage in low relief, comprising a pair of forwardcanted
quillons, and compressed oval pommel, decorated
throughout with finely pierced silver filigree foliate panels
enriched with silver beads, and the grip with an early
binding of plaited silver wire and ‘Turk’s heads’
80cm; 31I in blade
Silver and gold filigree was produced in a number of
centres in Europe including Augsburg, Genoa and Bergen
from the 17th Century.
£4000-5000
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