14th Apr, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
Lot 125
 

125

An 18th Century Spadroon, the 63cm single edge fullered steel blade engraved with birds and...

An 18th Century Spadroon, the 63cm single edge fullered steel blade engraved with birds and tendrils, the steel hilt with two bar guard (one missing) and wire bound shagreen hilt with fluted ovoid pommel, lacks scabbard, 79cm; a Copy of 17th Century Rapier, the 89cm diamond section steel blade with two marks of a star over C and a star over B, the steel hilt with pierced bowl guard chased with birds and foliage, long crossguard, wire bound grip and chequered wrythen fluted compressed globular pommel, 103cm (2)

Sold for £600
Estimated at £150 - £250


 

. Spadroon with black patching to blade, one bar of the guard is missing, smsll woodworm holes to the grip. Rapier with brown/grey patina, good condition.

 


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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 14th Apr, 2021

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