A French silver-hilted small-sword with scabbard, Paris, 1753 Double-edged, slender thrusting blade of flattened hexagonal section with decorative etching against remnants of a gilt background on both sides. Silver hilt with putti and floral decoration in beautiful low relief (double shell-guard somewhat loose), stamped with an "N" under a crown, for Paris 1753, on the arms of the hilt. Original twisted silver wire grip wrapping with cast Turk's heads. Brown leather scabbard with engraved silver mountings bearing the 13-lötig hallmark and the inscription "STREN,

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