1_6( [664] 663 SWEPT-HILT SWORD DAMASCENED WITH SILVER, WITH TOLEDO BLADE SPANISH, 16TH CENTURY The hilt of blackened steel ccpiously enriched with relief ornementa-tions in silver of masks, rosettes, and floral volutes. The pommel ovoid and fluted; straight quillons with twin branches joining the syrnmetrical anneaux and pas d’ane. The grip finely wire-bound with silver branches. The long blade with short median ridge, inscribed « Mont en Toledo ». Length, 47 inehes Illustrated and described in « La Collection Spitzer », Paris, 1892, vol. 2, p. 30, No. 130. Plate 18. SALE, PARIS, 1893. [SEE ILLUSTRATION] 664 MAGNIFICENT BASKET-HILT SWORD DAMASCENED WITH SILVER SPANISH, 16TH CENTURY The hilt enriched with foliations and dolphin volutes in low-relief. Straight quillons with a branch joining the globular spirally gad-rooned pas d’ane with twin anneaux ; the grip with tessellations of ribbed steel and silver. The long slender blade with median ridge half of the length. Museum example. Length, 40 inches Illustrated and described in « La Collection Spitzer », Paris, 1892, vol. 6, p. 13, No. 133. Plate No. 21. SALE, PARIS, 1893. [SEE ILLUSTRATION] 345