£220
An unusual Victorian court sword, blade 31” by “Marshall, Jermyn St, St James’s, London”, etched for most of its length with panels of foliage and crowned “VR” cypher; gilt brass hilt, the shell guard deeply embossed with two phoenix rising from the flames, knucklebow with panels of flowers and foliage and terminating in a lion’s head, pommel in the form of a classical helmet with feather plume, and wire bound grips; in its gilt brass mounted leather scabbard, the locket with plaque of “C. Smith, 14 Piccadilly, London”; with woven wire strap and tasselled knot. The sword near VGC, the gilt good (scabbard leather worn and repaired, straps and knot tarnished and frayed). £150-200.
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