Straight 30 inch blade with 17 inch fuller and 12 inch blued and gilt panel engraved with conventional florals and panoplies. Silvered brass hilt comprising: languets molded with eagles and beaded borders; quillon with downturned shell finial; scrolling knucklebow molded with foliage and extending to a laurel wreath held in the beak of the eagle pommel; backstrap partly molded with feathers. Bone grip with fluted and ribbed panels. Condition: Blade with dark patina, areas of pitting and rounded point; the blued decoration largely degraded. Hilt retaining generous amounts of silver plating; knucklebow slightly deformed. Grip with chipping on one side below pommel. See Illustration
Straight 30 inch blade with 17 inch fuller and 12 inch blued and gilt panel engraved with conventional florals and panoplies. Silvered brass hilt comprising: languets molded with eagles and beaded borders; quillon with downturned shell finial; scrolling knucklebow molded with foliage and extending to a laurel wreath held in the beak of the eagle pommel; backstrap partly molded with feathers. Bone grip with fluted and ribbed panels. Condition: Blade with dark patina, areas of pitting and rounded point; the blued decoration largely degraded. Hilt retaining generous amounts of silver plating; knucklebow slightly deformed. Grip with chipping on one side below pommel. See Illustration
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