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Here is another silver fitted gunong I was lucky enough to acquire from epray. All hilt and scabbard fittings are of coin silver except the guard itself which is made by sandwiching a copper plate between two thin silver plates. The guard had been bent at some point which caused a crack to develop in one of the silver plates. On the plate on the very bottom of the scabbard is engraved "Fox Mindanao 1912". I did my best to get a clear photograph of the engraving but this was the best I could come up with.
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I will bet that the guard is made from recycled Sheffield Plate .
![]() As a matter of fact I'll also bet that the scabbard toe is also Sheffield with maybe a layer of silver missing .. ![]() |
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Now that you mention it I bet you are right about the guard being made from a scrap piece of Sheffield Plate. The scabbard toe on the other hand is not sandwiched like the guard but is made from a solid piece of coin silver like the rest of the fittings. The only thing that I could come up with for the brassy look was possibly the fluorescent bulbs that we have in all our light fixtures?
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Probably a matter of hue in the picture, then .
1912 is Constabulary era . ![]() |
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Hello Robert,
welcome to the club of "gunong-lovers"! ![]() ![]() Lovely nice gunong, well maintained. ![]() Congrats for your new purchase, Detlef |
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Rick, Yes happily this is a Constabulary Era piece. I was very excited when I found that it had not only been dated but also that it identified where it was from or at least purchased, something that is rarely seen on most pieces. I am going to try to take a new photo of the toe again tomorrow as it is supposed to be overcast most of the day. Hopefully by taking one in natural light I might get better results.
Detlef, Yes I like many others have fallen into the gunong trap ![]() ![]() |
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