AN ENGLISH HUNTING SWORD WITH SILVER-ENCRUSTED HILT, MID-17TH CENTURY with curved blade double-ed

AN ENGLISH HUNTING SWORD WITH SILVER-ENCRUSTED HILT, MID-17TH CENTURY with curved blade double-edged towards the point, cut with two long fullers, struck with a running wolf mark, a four leaf clover mark four times, and a double eye-lash mark on each face, the forte stamped with a further mark, iron hilt comprising down-turned outer shell-guard, short quillon with shaped flattened terminal, knuckle-guard interrupted by a moulding en suite with the quillon, cap pommel, decorated throughout with a trellis pattern of silver beadwork framing silver pellets (extensively rubbed, and staghorn grip 62.2cm; 24 ½ in blade Another sword from this group is preserved in the Royal Armouries Leeds. See A. R. Dufty 1974 p. 25 plate 55 b.