Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A small collection of smallswords and related weapons, comprising: an 18th Century French smallsword with 32.5 in. collichmarde type blade, etched decoration to the forte, double shell guard, openwork pommel, copper wire and tape-bound grip (purchased at the old Louvre des Antiquaire shoppoing centre); an 18th century single-edged sword with Walloon type hilt of diminutive proportions, the iron guard with chased lattice decoration, spherical pommel; a brass hilted swallsword, stout double-edged blade 31 in., brass hilt with square guard embellished with green man details and a raised border, quillions, arms and knuckle bow with decorative accents, urn-shaped pommel; a later smallsword or court sword with gilt-brass hilt, oval guard with fluted border, fluted quillon black and knuckle bow; and a composite sword with slender hollow-triangular-section blade 33.5 in., mated to a British 1798 pattern infantry officer's hilt. [5]