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A fine court sword of bourgeois craftsmanship, with a silver…
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A fine court sword of bourgeois craftsmanship, with a silver…
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Estimate €600 - €800
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Description
A fine court sword of bourgeois craftsmanship, with a silver hilt.
Triangular blade with three hollow edges, 820 mm long, decorated in the upper third with an incised motif highlighted with ground gold on a water-blue background (remnants), superb chiselled and re-pierced silver hilt, olive-shaped pommel with a prominent rivet-style knob, carved with a trophy of arms on one side and a nautical anchor on the other; a curved crossguard with a perforated centre, bearing a relief cartouche on each side featuring trophies of arms with the right side perforated; a escutcheon featuring a trophy of arms; a symmetrical, re-pierced bivalve plate adorned with the same motif; a curved wooden tang with four rounded sides, enhanced by a coil of silver bands alternating with chevron-patterned filigree, no figurative donkey in its wooden scabbard with three iron fittings; the scabbard is covered with imitation stingray skin; the pommel requires reattachment
Condition: 1-
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