Dutch Civil Servant's Smallsword
Data
| Period1 | 19th Century | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Min/Max date1 | 1815-01-01 - 1907-01-01 | Location(cntry)1 | Belgium |
| Origin1 | Low Countries | Location(detail)1 | ex author's collection |
| Sword type1 | Smallsword | Displayed at1 | -- |
| Corps1 | Civilian | Reference1 | -- |
| Outfit1 | -- | ||
| Owner1 | |||
| Guard type1 | 1 bar | Provenance1 | Wavre militaria fair |
| Quillions1 | 1 | Provenance(detail)1 | Angelo, Sep 2014 |
| Hilt type1 | Pierced shell | Original owner1 | -- |
| Grip form1 | Elliptical flat | ||
| Pommmel type1 | Globular | Condition1 | Excellent |
| Blade type1 | Straight | ||
| Edge1 | Triple edged | ||
| Fuller1 | 3 | Information date | 2015-01-11 |
| Information source | 1 Author |
| Sword | Blade | Scabbard | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max length(cm/In)1 | 93.2 | 36.69 | 77.5 | 30.51 | 78.7 | 30.98 |
| Max width(cm/In)1 | 11.50 | 4.53 | 1.64 | 0.65 | 2.33 | 0.92 |
| Max thickness(cm/In)1 | 3.40 | 1.34 | 0.93 | 0.37 | 2.65 | 1.04 |
| Curvature(cm/In)1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| Width at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.64 | 0.25 | 1.10 | 0.43 |
| Thickness at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.37 | 0.15 | 1.01 | 0.40 |
| Width at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.14 | 0.45 | 1.58 | 0.62 |
| Thickness at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.55 | 0.22 | 1.11 | 0.44 |
| Section at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Hollow triangle | Rounded triangle | ||
| Section at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Hollow triangle | Rounded triangle | ||
| Weight(kg/lb+oz)1 | 0.42 | 0lb 15oz | -- | -- | 0.11 | 0lb 4oz |
| Information source | 1 Author | |||||
| Hilt | Blade | Scabbard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials1 | Mother of pearl | Steel | White fish skin |
| Bronze | -- | Bronze | |
| Gilding | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Features1 | Dutch coat of arms (1815-1907) | Acid etching | Pearls |
| Floral design | Floral design | Floral design | |
| Grapes | Trophy of arms | -- | |
| Pearls | Parchemin | -- | |
| -- | Tip aligned with one of the blade's side | -- | |
| -- | 6 mm ricasso | -- | |
| Marks1 | -- | Coulaux & Co. Klingenthal | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Hilt inscription1 | Je maintiendrai | ||
| Blade inscription1 | -- | ||
| Scabbard inscription1 | -- | ||
| Information source | 1 Author | ||
The coat of arms that appears on the shell was replaced on July 10th 1907 by a very similar one, but where the lion's heads are shown in profile.
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