Possibly English; the steel blade mounted with a gold hilt decorated on a black ground with C-scrolls and set with cabochon turquoises, 6.4cm long.
The 1690 Devonshire Schedule, recording an immense bequest from the Countess of Devonshire to her daughter Anne, Countess of Exeter, lists:…”A little Cymeter sett with Turquoise and part of the Chaine to it”.
