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An English Silver-Mounted Hunting Hanger
Retailed By Loxham At Ye Roy.l Exchange, London Silver Hallmarks For 1741, Indistinct Maker's Mark

23 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £892.50 inc. premium

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An English Silver-Mounted Hunting Hanger
Retailed By Loxham At Ye Roy.l Exchange, London Silver Hallmarks For 1741, Indistinct Maker's Mark

With bright very slightly curved fullered blade double-edged at the point and with traces of incised foliate decoration between punched star marks on both sides towards the forte, hilt cast and chased with human masks amid foliage against finely punched grounds and comprising downbent shell-guard, lobed rear quillon, knuckle-guard (small repair) hooked into the domed pommel, the latter with bearded masks and flattened button, and vertically fluted ebony grip, in its wood-lined black leather scabbard with silver locket and chape each embossed with foliage, the former pricked with retailer's details on one side, the latter with small button terminal
52.4 cm. blade

Footnotes

The retailer is William Loxham elected Master of the Cutlers' Company in 1741, the year this hanger was made. For more information see Leslie Southwick, London Silver-hilted Swords..., 2001, pp. 170-171

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