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№ 848

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22 July 2015

Hammer Price:
£460

An English silver hilted ‘Queen Anne’ smallsword, 80cm colichimade blade, silver double shell-guard, knucklebow, and pear shaped pommel, barrel shaped grip bound with silver wire, hallmarked for London 1721, makers mark possibly MH for Micah Wilkins, good condition overall £400-450

See Grimwade ‘London Goldsmiths 1697-1837 Their Marks & Lives’ for this maker, recorded as working in Foster Lane at this time.