French St-Etienne Mining School Smallsword
Data
| Period1 | 20th Century | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Min/Max date1 | 1950-01-01 - 1999-12-31 | Location(cntry)1 | Belgium |
| Origin1 | France | Location(detail)1 | ex author's collection |
| Sword type1 | Smallsword | Displayed at1 | -- |
| Corps1 | School uniform | Reference1 | -- |
| Outfit1 | St Etienne School for Mining | ||
| Owner1 | |||
| Guard type1 | 1 bar | Provenance1 | Le bon coin |
| Quillions1 | 2 | Provenance(detail)1 | Oct 5 2014 |
| Hilt type1 | Pierced shell | Original owner1 | -- |
| Grip form1 | Elliptical flat | ||
| Pommmel type1 | Globular, portraits | Condition1 | Bad |
| Blade type1 | Straight | ||
| Edge1 | Triple edged | ||
| Fuller1 | 3 | Information date | 2015-01-25 |
| Information source | 1 Author |
| Sword | Blade | Scabbard | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max length(cm/In)1 | 92.9 | 36.57 | 77.7 | 30.59 | 80.0 | 31.50 |
| Max width(cm/In)1 | 10.40 | 4.09 | 1.59 | 0.63 | 2.89 | 1.14 |
| Max thickness(cm/In)1 | 4.30 | 1.69 | 0.92 | 0.36 | 2.49 | 0.98 |
| Curvature(cm/In)1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| Width at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.71 | 0.28 | 1.18 | 0.46 |
| Thickness at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.47 | 0.19 | 0.88 | 0.35 |
| Width at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.01 | 0.40 | 1.43 | 0.56 |
| Thickness at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.67 | 0.26 | 1.03 | 0.41 |
| 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 | 0.38 | 0lb 13oz | -- | -- | 0.11 | 0lb 4oz |
| Information source | 1 Author | |||||
| Hilt | Blade | Scabbard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials1 | Imitation mother of pearl | Steel | Black leather |
| Bronze | -- | Bronze | |
| White metal ? | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Features1 | Crossed hammers | 16 mm ricasso | Floral design |
| Scrolls | -- | -- | |
| Oak leaves | -- | -- | |
| Portrait of Athena | -- | -- | |
| Pearls | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Marks1 | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Hilt inscription1 | -- | ||
| Blade inscription1 | -- | ||
| Scabbard inscription1 | -- | ||
| Information source | 1 Author | ||
This is a modern version of the following
sword.
The decrease in quality between the original and the modern version is very big. The scales are imitation mother of pearl and the decoration is of very low quality.
The decrease in quality between the original and the modern version is very big. The scales are imitation mother of pearl and the decoration is of very low quality.
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