
A Rare Lion Face Naval Officer’s Hanger.
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30” overall, 24” single edged curved blade with two fullers. Half basket slot hilt with two scrolling bars with gadrooned decoration, reeded knuckle bow, lion head pommel with engraved main copper wire grip and banded ferrule.
Circa 1750-60
An uncommon sword in sword in patinated condition.
See Sim Comfort ‘Naval Swords and Dirks’, volume 1, page 68,-72 for similar and ‘Peter Finer 1996 Catalogue No 139’ for identical sword in silver by William Kidman.