A 19th Century Flemish Small Sword, the 77.5cm triangular hollow ground steel blade engraved with a stand of arms and tendrils, initialled SHF to the ricasso, the mercury gilded hilt with shaped guard pierced and cast with a double winged spoked wheel within a strapwork and laurel leaf border, the double bar knuckle bow cast with a caryatid, with wrythen bead cast grip below a pommel as a crowned shield incorporating a rampant lion, the black leather scabbard with mercury gilded mounts engraved with foliage