Auction Catalogue

8 December 2016

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Lot

№ 758

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8 December 2016

Hammer Price:
£280

A good English chiselled steel hilted small-sword circa 1760, the 81 cm colichimarde blade etched with foliate patterns, double shell-guard intricately pierced with a repeat pattern of spirals and trophies of arms to each edge set within a gadrooned border, knuckle-bow, quillons and pierced olive shaped pommel decorated en-suite, grip bound with alternate bands of steel ribbon and plaited steel wire, complete with its original velum covered scabbard with geometric tooled decoration, retaining its original locket and chape the former again intricately pierced the back panel engraved ‘Jefferys, Cutler to his Majesty, Strand.’ scabbard split and shrunk blade will not now fully enter £300-350

Daniel Jefferys is recorded in the Strand, London, circa 1760.