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A CONTINENTAL SILVER-HILTED SMALLSWORD

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:600.00 - 700.00 USD
A CONTINENTAL SILVER-HILTED SMALLSWORD
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 16 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 300 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will also include important swords and daggers from the Greek War of Independence and the armor of the K...
Likely German, with superbly embellished silver hilt, comprising double-clamshell guard, grip, knucklebow and pommel, decorated en suite in embossed and engraved baroque vinework motifs. The long, straight, double-edged blade of flattened-hexagonal section, the lenticular forte etched with a radiant sun within an eight-pointed star, implying a Masonic association. Mid-18th century. Guard slightly loose, light age darkening to blade. Overall length 95.1 cm
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