A SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1760, PROBABLY AMERICAN with polished colichemarde blade, moul

A SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1760, PROBABLY AMERICAN with polished colichemarde blade, moulded silver hilt cast and chased in low relief comprising double shell-guard with moulded brim, pierced on each side of the quillon block, a pair of arms, flattened globular forward-canted quillon, knuckle-guard, and globular pommel, and later grip with `Turks` heads` 81.5cm (32 1/8") blade The form of this hilt has a number of features that appear with some consistency on other examples attributed to American manufacture. Though none of these hilts are marked they are generally accepted as being of American make. See A.V.B Norman 1980, p. 211.