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Lot 68

An English Brass-Mounted Plug Bayonet
Late 17th Century

23 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,657.50 inc. premium

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An English Brass-Mounted Plug Bayonet
Late 17th Century

With sharply tapering blade double-edged at the point, the forte on one side deeply struck with a profile King's head mark and a comet mark, finely figured hardwood grip of tapering circular section with turned swelling at the base, turned collar above horizontal quillons, the latter each cast in the round as a cherub, and turned pommel surmounted by a cherub en suite, in its wooden scabbard covered in tooled brown leather (some surface loss) with brass chape
29 cm. blade

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