Arms, Armour and Militaria

Royal Navy officer’s sword, an interesting Georgian naval officers fighting sword, by Prosser, the deeply curved short 63cm blade with faint traces of blued and gilt decoration incorporating a dragon sun and moon etc the wide flat T-backed blade back-edged and with pronounced clipped-back point, copper-gilt stirrup guard with additional scrolling side guards set with an oval cartouche with a fine stippled ground applied with a silver fouled anchor, plain backstrap and fluted ferrule, plain ivory grip, complete with its black leather blind-tooled scabbard retaining its three copper-gilt mounts, with simple linnear decoration the top locket fitted with frog-stud and engraved makers cartouche ‘Prosser late Cullum sword cutler & etc belt maker to the ‘King & HRH Duke of York Charing Cross London’ and the bottom chape shaped to the clipped-back point of the blade, blade now discoloured, some wear to gilding especially to pommel and bottom chape otherwise good condition £550-650