Lot 442
An English Gilt-Hilted SwordMid-17th Century
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Including property from the Mark and Peter Dineley Collections
27 November 2019, 10:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £3,187.50 inc. premium
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Mid-17th Century
Mid-17th Century
With tapering double-edged blade chiselled along the forte in bas-relief against a gilt ground on one side 'NOBIS QUI CONURA,' and 'SI DAUS ESU PRO' on the other, the inscriptions between florets and surmounted by the Dove of God and a cross, each against a gilt ground, the ricasso chiselled and gilt with foliate scrolls on both sides, iron hilt comprising two fluted side-rings each with double central swelling and enclosing a convex plate pierced with interlocking roundels framing quatrefoils each pierced with four small holes, knuckle-guard en suite with the side-rings and linked to the outer one by a scrolled bar with foliate terminal, fluted downbent lobed rear quillon with button terminal, fluted globular pommel with tang button on chiselled feathers, grip bound with four types of twisted silver wire between silver Turk's heads, and retaining much of its original gilding
82.1 cm. blade
82.1 cm. blade
