Ⓦ A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD WITH CHISELLED AND GILT IRON HILT, CIRCA 1700
Ⓦ A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD WITH CHISELLED AND GILT IRON HILT, CIRCA 1700
with tapering blade of hollow-triangular section, russet iron hilt chiselled against a gilt ground, including asymmetrical shell-guard decorated with portrait profiles and foliage, quillon with monsterhead terminal, and ovoid pommel en suite with the guard, and the grip bound with plaited wire between silver collars
74.0 cm; 29 in blade
Property from the David Jeffcoat Collection (1945-2020)
Part proceeds to benefit The Wallace Collection
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Ⓦ A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD WITH CHISELLED AND GILT IRON HILT, CIRCA 1700
with tapering blade of hollow-triangular section, russet iron hilt chiselled against a gilt ground, including asymmetrical shell-guard decorated with portrait profiles and foliage, quillon with monsterhead terminal, and ovoid pommel en suite with the guard, and the grip bound with plaited wire between silver collars
74.0 cm; 29 in blade
Property from the David Jeffcoat Collection (1945-2020)
Part proceeds to benefit The Wallace Collection
