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173<br />
A SILVER-HILTED OFFICER’S SMALL-SWORD, LONDON<br />
SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1795<br />
with blade of flattened-hexagonal section etched with<br />
trophies-of-arms, the inscription ‘ For My Country and King’<br />
and the crowned Royal <strong>Arms</strong>, on each side (worn, silver hilt<br />
including straight quillons with compressed rounded<br />
terminals, oval shell-guard with gadrooned border (bent,<br />
now loose), flat knuckle-guard swelling towards the centre,<br />
and ovoid pommel (small dents, later grip)<br />
79.5cm; 31G in blade<br />
£750-850<br />
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174<br />
A DUTCH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, AMSTERDAM<br />
TOWN MARK, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY<br />
with two-stage blade, the upper portion of flatteneddiamond<br />
section, engraved with foliage on each side of the<br />
forte, silver hilt cast and chased in low relief with spiral<br />
mouldings and gadrooned ornament, including boatshell<br />
guard, short scrolling quillon, knuckle-guard, ovoid<br />
pommel, and spirally moulded grip<br />
82cm; 32D in blade<br />
For a similar sword by Jean Hossée, formerly in the Visser<br />
collection, see J. P. Puype 1996, vol.1, part 3, pp. 216-7, cat. 577.<br />
£700-900<br />
175<br />
A GERMAN SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1740<br />
with straight blade of flattened-hexagonal section etched<br />
and gilt over the lower portion, brass hilt cast and chased<br />
in low relief including scrolls, tendrils and martial trophies<br />
all on a finely punched ground and original grip bound with<br />
plaited silver wire and Turks’ heads<br />
83cm; 32N in blade<br />
£250-350
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