Estimate
€ 250 - 350
Sold
€ 750
The price includes buyer's premium
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Information
length 95 cm
Straight blade of triangular section with hollow sides, blued at the forte and featuring small engraved decorations with remains of gilding; at the base mark 'P.D.L.'. Fine mercury-gilded bronze hilt. The shell-guard with a beautiful floral decoration in relief on a granular background. Quillon carved with a spider's web at the base. Guard decorated with floral motifs and spider webs. Pommel with floral and architectural elements provided with a button worked as a bud. Mother-of-pearl grip scales. Leather scabbard (probably a later replacement.) Earlier mounts with remains of mercury gilding, the button of the cap decorated en suite with the cap. Elegant and very well preserved considering its age.