14th Apr, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
Lot 117
 

117

An 18th Century Small Sword, the 71cm diamond section steel blade with narrow fuller to the ricasso

An 18th Century Small Sword, the 71cm diamond section steel blade with narrow fuller to the ricasso stamped VVDEVS, the silver hilt lacking the guard, with finger rings, wrythen fluted grip and shell sheathed pommel, with leather scabbard; a Copy of a Spanish Infantry Sword, the 70cm single edge steel blade stamped Real Fabrica de Toledo. Ano de 1827, the later brass hilt with ribbed ebony grip, lacks scabbard (2)

Sold for £130
Estimated at £150 - £200


 

. 1 - Nicks to tedge of blade with black patching to the surface. Guard missing from the hilt. No visible hallmarks. Leather scabbard is shabby with parts missing. 2 - Poorly cast hilt, blade probably a marriage.

 


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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 14th Apr, 2021

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