Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 1098

AN ENGLISH, SILVER-HILTED SMALLSWORD BY WILLIAM KINMAN, 1760-1761.

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Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 1098

AN ENGLISH, SILVER-HILTED SMALLSWORD BY WILLIAM KINMAN, 1760-1761.

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Zuschlagspreis:
n. a.
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A fine silver-hilted smallsword of 40" length with colichemarde blade of 32" length with sharply tapering hollow triangular section etched on both sides of the forte with floral and scrolled motifs, 1-1/4" wide at ricasso. Silver hilt with a "boat-shell" crossguard, decorated with gadrooning on pommel, crossguard, and knuckle-bow, the grip bound with silver ribbon and two thicknesses of twisted, silver wire. The upper pas d’an bearing ‘WK” touchmark of William Kinman and London hallmarks for 1760/61. William Kinman was one of the finest silversmiths and sword cutlers working in London during the mid-late 18th century. For further details of this maker, see Leslie Southwick, London Silver-hilted Swords...(2001), pp. 105-106. CONDITION: The blade well-cleaned over the years, so that etching designs cannot be fully discerned; some loosening to the original wire/ribbon wrapping of the blade. JLK Name Value Blade Length 33" Overall Length 39 - 3/4" Paperwork

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 1098
Beschreibung:

A fine silver-hilted smallsword of 40" length with colichemarde blade of 32" length with sharply tapering hollow triangular section etched on both sides of the forte with floral and scrolled motifs, 1-1/4" wide at ricasso. Silver hilt with a "boat-shell" crossguard, decorated with gadrooning on pommel, crossguard, and knuckle-bow, the grip bound with silver ribbon and two thicknesses of twisted, silver wire. The upper pas d’an bearing ‘WK” touchmark of William Kinman and London hallmarks for 1760/61. William Kinman was one of the finest silversmiths and sword cutlers working in London during the mid-late 18th century. For further details of this maker, see Leslie Southwick, London Silver-hilted Swords...(2001), pp. 105-106. CONDITION: The blade well-cleaned over the years, so that etching designs cannot be fully discerned; some loosening to the original wire/ribbon wrapping of the blade. JLK Name Value Blade Length 33" Overall Length 39 - 3/4" Paperwork

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 1098
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