18th Jun, 2010 10:00 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
Lot 139
 
Lot 139 - An 18th Century Bilbao Sword, the 87.5cm double edge steel blade with a short fuller near the...
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An 18th Century Bilbao Sword, the 87.5cm double edge steel blade with a short fuller near the...

An 18th Century Bilbao Sword, the 87.5cm double edge steel blade with a short fuller near the hilt etched "NO ME SAQUES SIN RASON" to one side and "NO ME ENBAINES SIN HONOR" to the opposing side ("Draw me not without reason, Sheath me not without honor"), the steel cup hilt with flowerhead engraved scalloped edge, long bar quillons, curved knuckle bow, steel bar encased wire bound grip and mushroom shaped pommel.

Sold for £550
Estimated at £400 - £600


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Blade has approximately twenty small nicks to the edge, black surface patching throughout, The hilt has two small splits to the upper edge on one side, one qullon has a crack.

Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 18th Jun, 2010

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