A Spontoon 18th Century The flattened double-edged head with pairs of decorative piercings including hearts and quatrefoils, comprising leaf-shaped blade made in one with the winged base and threaded into the socket of tapering octagonal section multi-faceted between mouldings at the bottom, and with integral side-straps, on the remains of its wooden haft of circular section (old rust patination) 30 cm. head Footnotes: Possibly American or of the type in use there at the time of the Revolution. See George C. Neumann, Swords & Blades of the American Revolution, 1973, p. 218, figs. 106 and 107 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing