art-of-swords:

Small Sword

  • Dated: circa 1760
  • Production: England (hilt); France (blade)
  • Medium: steel, leather, silver
  • Provenance: Mr James Stewart Henderson of ‘Abbotsford’, Downs Road, St Helen’s Park, Hastings, Sussex

Small sword with a colichemarde type blade. The scabbard is covered with leather, and has silver mounts. The top suspension loop is engraved ‘Feesey pallmell’.

Source: Copyright © 2015 The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, UK

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