Ⓦ A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD WITH CHISELLED AND GILT IRON HILT, CIRCA 1740
Ⓦ A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD WITH CHISELLED AND GILT IRON HILT, CIRCA 1740
with tapering blade of hollow-triangular section (tip chipped), russet iron hilt chiselled in low relief against a finely matted gilt ground, including shell-guard decorated with differing pastoral scenes, quillon-block with a hunter on one face and a warrior on the other, knuckle-guard and ovoid pommel en suite with the guard, and the grip bound with plaited wire and ribband between 'Turk's Heads'
79.0 cm; 31 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 1740
with tapering blade of hollow-triangular section (tip chipped), russet iron hilt chiselled in low relief against a finely matted gilt ground, including shell-guard decorated with differing pastoral scenes, quillon-block with a hunter on one face and a warrior on the other, knuckle-guard and ovoid pommel en suite with the guard, and the grip bound with plaited wire and ribband between 'Turk's Heads'
79.0 cm; 31 in blade
Property from the David Jeffcoat Collection (1945-2020)
Part proceeds to benefit The Wallace Collection
