Lot 433

THREE CONTINENTAL SMALL SWORDS
LATE 17TH / EARLY 18TH CENTURY




Auction: Day Two | Thursday 19 Feb at 10am | Lots 353 to 600
Description
including a Colichemarde type sword with tapering triangular etched blade with foliate motifs, signed to the base, the silvered hilt cast and chased in high relief, comprising a pierced guard, short scrolling quillon, knuckle-guard and mother of pearl grip flanked with foliate moulding, the blade 77.5cm long; together with a sword with two-stage blade (shortened) etched over the lower portion with foliate scrolls and stamped with a star on each face, silver hilt cast and chased in low relief, comprising oval shell-guard, short scrolling quillon, ovoid pommel and integral wire grip, the blade 56cm long (shortened); and a sword with a flamberge blade etched over the lower portion with foliate scrolls and stars, the silvered hilt cast and chased in low relief, comprising oval shell-guard, short scrolling quillon, knuckle-guard, ovoid pommel and the remains of a integral wire grip, the blade 79cm long (3)
Dimensions
93.5cm long; 70cm long; 95cm long



