A Very Rare Agate-Hilted 'Transitional' Small-Sword Mid-17th Century, Probably German
A Very Rare Agate-Hilted 'Transitional' Small-Sword
Mid-17th Century, Probably German
With slender tapering blade (some old rust staining) of flattened diamond section, the central fuller on both sides of the forte incised 'TOMAS AYALA', the edges on either side etched with foliage, cruciform hilt comprising pear-shaped quillons made separately from the two-piece quillon-block, spherical pommel, and baluster grip, moulded silver ferrules at the junctions between the parts struck with two indistinct marks, and silver caps at the end of each quillon and beneath the tang button
73.5 cm. blade
See footnote to lot 307
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A Very Rare Agate-Hilted 'Transitional' Small-Sword
Mid-17th Century, Probably German
With slender tapering blade (some old rust staining) of flattened diamond section, the central fuller on both sides of the forte incised 'TOMAS AYALA', the edges on either side etched with foliage, cruciform hilt comprising pear-shaped quillons made separately from the two-piece quillon-block, spherical pommel, and baluster grip, moulded silver ferrules at the junctions between the parts struck with two indistinct marks, and silver caps at the end of each quillon and beneath the tang button
73.5 cm. blade
See footnote to lot 307
