Lot 46
£555
Auction: Five Centuries: 15 November 2023 From 10:00
including FRENCH NAVAL OFFICER'S SWORD, the steel flat back blade, ornate pierced brass hilt with fouled anchor and acanthus, ebony grip with cockle shells engraved with initials 'VC', with the remnants of a brass mounted leather scabbard and suspension loops; a SPANISH ARTILLERY OFFICERS SWORD, dated 1880, the blade etched with scrolling foliage and 'Artilleria Fabrica de Tuledo', pierced brass handle and steel scabbard; a CONTINENTAL CROSS HILTED SWORD, with engraved blade with wire wrapped handle and brass scabbard; a CONTINENTAL CROSS HILTED SWORD, with engraved triangular épée blade with wire wrapped handle; and a NORTH AFRICAN BERBER TYPE SWORD, with engraved brass and wooden mounts
Provenance: Henryson-Caird Collection, Cassencarie House