An English silver hilted smallsword, c. 1770, hollow triangular section blade 33 in. and of

An English silver hilted smallsword, c. 1770, hollow triangular section blade 33 in. and of colichemarde type with abrupt taper above the forte, with panels of etched decoration incorporating the Garter motto 'Honi soit qui mal y pense'; double shell guard with gadrooned borders, waisted quillon block with pas d'ane and short back quillon, slender knuckle bow rising to an ovoid pommel, grip bound with braided silver wire and silver ribbon in alternation, a pattern of diagonal reading repeated on the major parts of the hilt.