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EARLY 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY ENGLISH
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A PILLOW SWORD WITH SILVER-ENCRUSTED DECORATION
EARLY 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY ENGLISH
With slender tapering double-edged blade of flattened oval section, iron hilt comprising guard with rounded quillon-block and short flat downturned quillons with silver-encrusted ornament including a female portrait bust, flowers and foliage, the reverse of the quillon-block and quillons with further silver-encrusted ornament including flowers, foliage and fruits, swelled iron grip decorated with bands of silver beadwork interspersed with flower-heads, and small shaped pommel bearing further silver-encrusted ornament including a female portrait bust
27¼in. (69.2cm.) blade
EARLY 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY ENGLISH
With slender tapering double-edged blade of flattened oval section, iron hilt comprising guard with rounded quillon-block and short flat downturned quillons with silver-encrusted ornament including a female portrait bust, flowers and foliage, the reverse of the quillon-block and quillons with further silver-encrusted ornament including flowers, foliage and fruits, swelled iron grip decorated with bands of silver beadwork interspersed with flower-heads, and small shaped pommel bearing further silver-encrusted ornament including a female portrait bust
27¼in. (69.2cm.) blade
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