
Lot 96
An English Silver-Mounted HangerIndistinct Britannia Standard Silver Hallmarks For 1700, Maker's Mark Of Joseph Reason
23 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,275 inc. premium
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An English Silver-Mounted Hanger
Indistinct Britannia Standard Silver Hallmarks For 1700, Maker's Mark Of Joseph Reason
Indistinct Britannia Standard Silver Hallmarks For 1700, Maker's Mark Of Joseph Reason
With curved blade (some light pitting) double-edged towards the point and deeply struck on both sides at the forte with a bladesmith's mark, a male profile bust wearing a cap, hilt comprising downbent rounded quillon cast and chased with a horseman against a punched ground on each side, knuckle-guard with the bust of a Roman emperor between foliage on each side and with dolphin-shaped terminal hooked into the pommel-cap, the latter with cherub's mask in relief on top, plain ferrule, and natural buckhorn grip, in original wood-lined brown leather scabbard with silver locket and chape each with pierced foliate border, the former with frog-hook, the latter with medallion on each side cast and chased with a profile bust of a Roman emperor and foliate scrolls against a finely punched ground
45.1 cm. blade
45.1 cm. blade
Footnotes
For Joseph Reason see Leslie Southwick, London Silver-hilted Swords..., 2001, p. 205, fig. 47