Item ref: 4116
Private collection, United Kingdom
Silver Maker’s Mark IR, London Silver Hallmarks for 1697-1715
The distributed patterned colours of the agate play in the light of its carved facets and high polish. The stone evidently selected for its unusually decorative features in the creation of an exceptional hilt. At the base the quillon finials are formed with recurved disc terminals, each filled with a galloping horseman cast in relief.
The blade is robust and cut with a serrated back-edge, a legacy of the practical application of the hunting-sword within the earlier decades of the 17th century. The scabbard is silver-mounted in accord with the hilt.