Thinking of buying this from somone.









Genuine? There is no fuller, and there are no markings. It is supposed to be 18th century. Would you say 18th century or 19th?

Carl,

I'd have to check some resources, but I'd guess it's probably 19th century. The pommel shape is my biggest clue, and the blade seems like a later form - not one of the earlier styles mounted on 18th century battle swords.

Based on the general shape of the basket, the size/shape of the quillon, and the rams, it looks a lot like other baskets I have seen made by Drury and Jeffries in England in the last two decades of the 18th c., but could be first decade or two of the 19th c prior to the standard pattern. It is not unusual for that period for the blades to not have any identifying marks on them as private purchase blades in that period (for officers) often did not have any marks. But in my experience this sword has mixed characteristics. The piercings are in an older style without the hearts but the blade is a double edged broadsword with what looks like a hexagonal section which is more Napoleonic period imo. Without knowing more my guess would be late 1770s to early 1800s.