The catalogue description states: "With tapering double-edged blade of flattened diamond section finely etched and gilt against a blued ground on each side with masonic symbols including a sword, the Lamb of God, a cockerel, a hand, a foot, skull and crossed bones above a coffin, a man-in-the-moon amid stars, a sun-in-splendour, and an all-seeing eye, all above a panel of foliage at the forte, gilt-copper hilt with small side-guard filled with a rose, short recurved quillons, the front one linked to the pommel by a gilt knuckle-chain, lion-mask pommel, its mane forming the back-piece, and partly fluted ivory grip (chipped), in original black leather scabbard with linear engraved gilt-brass mounts, and two rings for suspension (some wear overall) 40 cm blade."
The estimate is up to £1,500.
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