Auction Catalogue

28 March 2002

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals Including five Special Collections

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 877

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28 March 2002

Hammer Price:
£100

Hunting Sword, late 18th century English the curved 23” blade with double fullers, the iron decorated cross piece with swept quillons, one missing one part fractured, the green stained ivory grip with reeded decoration culminating in a decorated iron pommel and circular knop, the wooden scabbard retains most of the steel top chape and the majority of the brown skiver decorated covering, the blade cleaned but with rusting and pitting particularly on the back, the scabbard missing a large section and bottom chape, the wood split and the covering mainly detached. £100-150