Lot 260:
A RARE ITALIAN OFFICERS SABER SWORD
Description
A private purchase example of characteristic “Mameluke” form, the horn grip with fingerstalls and rolled pommel with steel guard of characteristic form and steel backstrap. The well-wrought blade with central fuller and clipped tip etched with foliate panels and stands of arms together with the Italian crest and inscribed in Latin at the forte, I SUSCIPI ROMA (To be undertaken at Rome.) In its steel scabbard mounted en suite with the hilt. Second quarter of the 19th century. Areas of rusting to scabbard. Overall length 101cm./ 39 ¾ inches. Condition III
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