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A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1760
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A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1760 with tapering hollow-triangular blade, etched and gilt with scrolls, foliage, the inscription ~Vive le Roy~ and the crowned Royal arms on a trophy-of-arms on a blued panel at the forte, iron hilt cast and chased in low relief against a gilt matted ground, comprising double shell-guard decorated with differing hunting vignettes within frameworks incorporating trees, scrolls, bouquets, oak and vine fruit and foliage, a pair of arms, quillon-block decorated with a hound on each face, globular quillon and knuckle-guard each decorated with rococo scrolls and bouquets, globular pommel decorated with vine fruit and foliage, inhabited by a goat and an ox, and the grip with an early binding of plaited silver wire between ~Turk~s heads~ 81.0 cm; 32 in blade
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A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1760 with tapering hollow-triangular blade, etched and gilt with scrolls, foliage, the inscription ~Vive le Roy~ and the crowned Royal arms on a trophy-of-arms on a blued panel at the forte, iron hilt cast and chased in low relief against a gilt matted ground, comprising double shell-guard decorated with differing hunting vignettes within frameworks incorporating trees, scrolls, bouquets, oak and vine fruit and foliage, a pair of arms, quillon-block decorated with a hound on each face, globular quillon and knuckle-guard each decorated with rococo scrolls and bouquets, globular pommel decorated with vine fruit and foliage, inhabited by a goat and an ox, and the grip with an early binding of plaited silver wire between ~Turk~s heads~ 81.0 cm; 32 in blade
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United Kingdom
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Thomas Del Mar Ltd is happy to provide a list of recommended fine art shippers and couriers upon request. Buyers are reminded that it is their responsibility to comply with UK export regulations and with any local import requirements.The display mounts used in the catalogue and sale exhibition, including armour stands and mannequins, may be made available to the successful buyer of the relevant lot. Please contact us for prices and further details.
