Silver and agate miniature broadsword tie pin or brooch, Scottish (c 1860/70)

Title	Silver and agate miniature broadsword tie pin or brooch
Nationality	Scottish
Period	c 1860/70
Price	£100.00

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This is just over 2.25 inches long. The hilt is representative of a 17th-century ribbon hilt, beak-nosed broadsword. There was a great fashion for agate and silver-mounted jewellery in the 1860s and 70s - plaid brooches and miniature dirks were manufactured in the same way.

These are normally some three inches long, this being the smallest I have seen.

There is a small break at the bottom of one of the bars of the guard. Otherwise, it is in good shape.

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[Militaria : Jewellery : Scottish : 19th Century]

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