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104 A FINE FRENCH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, PARIS CHARGE MARK FOR 1768-1774 with hollow-ground triangular blade, silver hilt cast, pierced and chased with rococo ornament in low relief, comprising doubleshell-guard decorated on the outer face with differing trophies-of-arms and on the inner face with differing trophies-of-music, each within oval garland frames and against an elaborate trellis background enclosed by a festooned border, a pair of arms each decorated with laurel, one struck with silver marks including the maker’s mark, quillon-block decorated with further trophies on each side, quillon and knuckle-guard en suite with the shell, pierced ovoid pommel decorated with a trophy-of-arms on the front and a garland on the rear, and original grip bound with plaited wire and riband (loose) 83.8 cm; 33 in blade £800-1000 105 A GERMAN SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1770 with slender blade of flattened-hexagonal section signed ‘Francisco Ruis’ and ‘En Toledo’ within a short fuller on the respective faces, gilt-brass hilt cast and chased with rococo ornament in low relief, comprising double shell-guard decorated with scrolls and scallop patterns on a punched ground, forward-canted globular quillon, knuckle-guard, ovoid pommel, and solid grip decorated en suite 73.0 cm; 28 ¾ in blade Provenance The Jagdkammer of the Reichsgrafen von Kaunitz, sold Galerie Fischer, Zurich, 13th May 1936, lot no. 28 £600-800 106 AN ENGLISH SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1780 with two-stage blade of flattened-hexagonal section, etched with a gilt scrollwork panel filled with a bouquet and a gilt panel etched with strapwork and a trophy-of-arms on each side at the forte, steel hilt comprising petal-shaped oval shell-guard pierced with a series of radiating slots filled with foliage, the inner face studded with a running pattern of faceted beads, globular quillon, a pair of small arms, knuckle-guard interrupted by a faceted moulding, and faceted ovoid pommel, and retaining an early grip of plaited wire, ribband and Turk’s heads, in its original vellum-covered wooden scabbard complete with steel suspension-chain and belt-clip 83.1 cm; 32 ¾ in blade Provenance E. Oser Collection, Basel, sold Dr Störi Kunstsalon, Zurich, 6th December 1929, lot 58 £600-800 33