Ⓦ A NORTH EUROPEAN CAVALRY SWORD, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
Ⓦ A NORTH EUROPEAN CAVALRY SWORD, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
with straight double-edged blade struck with the numbers '666' within a short fuller and with a cross-and-orb mark on each face, iron hilt including short quillon with knop-shaped terminal, outer ring-guard interrupted by a central moulding and fitted with a pierced sprung-in plate (chipped, inner-guard and thumb-ring removed), knuckle-guard en suite and ovoid pommel, and later spirally-fluted grip covered with leather and plaited wire
79.4 cm; 31 ¼ in blade
Property from the David Jeffcoat Collection (1945-2020)
Part proceeds to benefit The Wallace Collection
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Ⓦ A NORTH EUROPEAN CAVALRY SWORD, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
with straight double-edged blade struck with the numbers '666' within a short fuller and with a cross-and-orb mark on each face, iron hilt including short quillon with knop-shaped terminal, outer ring-guard interrupted by a central moulding and fitted with a pierced sprung-in plate (chipped, inner-guard and thumb-ring removed), knuckle-guard en suite and ovoid pommel, and later spirally-fluted grip covered with leather and plaited wire
79.4 cm; 31 ¼ in blade
Property from the David Jeffcoat Collection (1945-2020)
Part proceeds to benefit The Wallace Collection
