Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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A GERMAN OFFICER’S SMALLSWORD, EARLY 19TH
CENTURY
with straight two-stage blade stamped ‘En Toledo’ within a
short fuller on each side, fluted brass hilt incorporating a
boatshell guard, a pair of tapering quillons with small budshaped
terminals, ovoid pommel and original grip bound
with plaited brass wire
80.5cm; 31N in blade
£150-200
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A SCOTTISH BASKET-HILTED BROADSWORD, MID-18TH
CENTURY
with associated broad fullered blade stamped with a mark
on one side towards the hilt, steel basket-guard of flattened
bars carrying alternating broad and narrow panels, pierced
with triangles and slipped circles and filed with v-shaped
mouldings, scrolling quillon, and conical pommel (one panel
chipped), and retaining an early grip bound with rayskin
85cm; 33I in blade
£600-800
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A SCOTTISH BASKET-HILTED BACKSWORD, FIRST
QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY
in excavated condition, with tapering blade cut with a
narrow fuller along the back-edge, steel hilt of flattened
bars carrying alternating broad and narrow panels
(extensively chipped, one panel largely missing), pierced
with arrangements of hearts and circles, scrolling quillon,
and compressed ovoid pommel, and retaining an early
spirally carved wooden grip
83.5cm; 32P in blade
£400-500
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