A Very Fine French Small Sword with Chiselled Iron Hilt with Gold Inlay. 37 ½” overall, 31” hollow ground colichermarde blade with etched panel blade. Russet iron hilt chiselled in low relief against a finely matted gilt ground, including shell guard decorated with differing pastoral scenes, quillon block with a hunter on one face and a warrior on the other, knuckle guard and ovoid pommel en suite with the guard, and the grip bound with plaited wire and ribband between Turks heads.
Circa 1740
Very attractive sword in good condition.
Ex the David Jeffcoat Collection (1945-2020)