VICTORIAN ROYAL COMPANY OF ARCHERS DRESS SHORT SWORD
19TH CENTURY
Estimate: £400 - £600
Auction: Session Two - Thursday 20th February at 10am
Description
of Roman type, the double edged 20 inch blade waisted at the forte, narrow central fullers, etched with crowned VR cypher, by Firmin & Sons, 153 Strand, London, mounted in an ornate gilt-brass cross hilt embossed with scrolls and acanthus leaves, button terminal quillons, with a gilt-brass mounted leather scabbard, locket and chape with scrolling borders and a frog stud
Dimensions
66cm long (overall)
Provenance
The Murray family, formerly at Dollerie House, Crieff, Perthshire