Spanish colonial bilbo
Here we have an interesting provincial piece made in the New World ca. mid- to late 18th using available parts and blacksmith ingenuity. The bilobate cup originally from a finer piece with etched dcoration to the guard. The blade from a cut-down broadsword perhaps 17th c.? Appears earlier. The mushroom shaped pommel resembling those found on Caribbean cup hilts, the plain wood grip wrapped in wire. Note the interesting pas 'd ann, recurved quillons braised together to form the 'arms of the hilt'.
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