A Connoisseur's Eye - Michael Foster Ltd - The Personal Collection of the late Michael & Margaret Susands - 2nd July 2025
Lot 802
AN ENGLISH COURT SWORD
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £441
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Description
AN ENGLISH COURT SWORD
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
with a 32in hollow triangular-section blade with pierced and engraved copper shell guard, steel openwork grip with gilded details to small panels set in a beaded framework, steel mounted leather scabbard; together with a Victorian court sword, lenticular section blade 31 in. with etched decoration including VR cypher and the retailer's name 'STARKEY 5 OLD BOND STREET LONDON', gilt-brass hilt with helmet pommel and shell guard with writhing beasts in relief within a beaded border, gilt-brass mounted leather scabbard; a Georgian Infantry officer's spadroon with brass hilt of 1796 type and an Indian made sword of Infantry type with 'gothic' hilt, the latter with scabbard and sword bag (4)
THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE