Estimate
€ 600 - 900
Sold
€ 875
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Regno delle Due Sicilie
length 100 cm
Straight, double-edged blade, probably of Spanish manufacture, of hexagonal section, with fuller at the forte and marked "SAGVVM EL VIEGO / SAGVVM". Brass hilt with strongly convex sword-shell. Ring nut worked with feather at the base of the blade. Guard and other elements with relief leaf decoration. Hilt covered with metal wire binding. Antique leather scabbard (damage and repairs) with brass mounts, the cap fits perfectly into the hilt ring nut. Interesting. See a similar example in "Storia dell'Arma Bianca Italiana" by C. Calamandrei, p. 479, at the center with photo, indicated as "Spada da gentiluomo di camera con esercizio 1830-1860", with 1840 Labruna blade. According to the owner's research, the sword may in fact be more antique, probably a footed Life Guard officer's sword. Cf.: see an item with the same hilt, from the Fiorentino collection of Neapolitan arms, indicated as "Ufficiale delle Guardie dei Corpi a Piedi", sold in our auction no. 62 (lot 704).
length 100 cm
Straight, double-edged blade, probably of Spanish manufacture, of hexagonal section, with fuller at the forte and marked "SAGVVM EL VIEGO / SAGVVM". Brass hilt with strongly convex sword-shell. Ring nut worked with feather at the base of the blade. Guard and other elements with relief leaf decoration. Hilt covered with metal wire binding. Antique leather scabbard (damage and repairs) with brass mounts, the cap fits perfectly into the hilt ring nut. Interesting. See a similar example in "Storia dell'Arma Bianca Italiana" by C. Calamandrei, p. 479, at the center with photo, indicated as "Spada da gentiluomo di camera con esercizio 1830-1860", with 1840 Labruna blade. According to the owner's research, the sword may in fact be more antique, probably a footed Life Guard officer's sword. Cf.: see an item with the same hilt, from the Fiorentino collection of Neapolitan arms, indicated as "Ufficiale delle Guardie dei Corpi a Piedi", sold in our auction no. 62 (lot 704).