Luxembourgish Crowned Lion Smallsword
Data
| Period1 | 19th Century | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Min/Max date1 | 1831-07-21 - 1850-12-31 | Location(cntry)1 | Belgium |
| Origin1 | Luxembourg | Location(detail)1 | ex author s collection |
| Sword type1 | Smallsword | Displayed at1 | -- |
| Corps1 | Civilian | Reference1 | -- |
| Outfit1 | Court | ||
| Owner1 | Author | ||
| Guard type1 | 1 bar | Provenance1 | Wavre militaria fair |
| Quillions1 | 2 | Provenance(detail)1 | Gunther, November 2017 |
| Hilt type1 | Single shell | Original owner1 | -- |
| Grip form1 | Elliptical flat | ||
| Pommmel type1 | Knight s helmet | Condition1 | Very good |
| Blade type1 | Straight | ||
| Edge1 | Triple edged | ||
| Fuller1 | 3 | Information date | 2018-02-05 |
| Information source | 1 Author 2 Source |
| Sword | Blade | Scabbard | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max length(cm/In)1 | 96.3 | 37.91 | 81.0 | 31.89 | 72.0 | 28.35 |
| Max width(cm/In)1 | 10.80 | 4.25 | 1.91 | 0.75 | 2.31 | 0.91 |
| Max thickness(cm/In)1 | 5.90 | 2.32 | 0.81 | 0.32 | 2.14 | 0.84 |
| Curvature(cm/In)1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| Width at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.72 | 0.28 | 1.24 | 0.49 |
| Thickness at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.46 | 0.18 | 1.04 | 0.41 |
| Width at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.11 | 0.44 | 1.85 | 0.73 |
| Thickness at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.58 | 0.23 | 1.18 | 0.46 |
| 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 | 0.47 | 1lb 1oz | -- | -- | 0.09 | 0lb 3oz |
| Information source | 1 Author | |||||
| Hilt | Blade | Scabbard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials1 | Mother of pearl | Steel | Black leather |
| Brass | -- | Brass | |
| Gilding | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Features1 | Crowned lion | 1/3rd blued and gilt | Missing tip |
| Shield | Floral design | Leaf-shaped frog button | |
| Crown | Trophy or arms | Lines | |
| Head with wig | 6 mm ricasso | -- | |
| Lictor s fasces | -- | -- | |
| Knight s helmet | -- | -- | |
| Marks1 | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Hilt inscription1 | -- | ||
| Blade inscription1 | -- | ||
| Scabbard inscription1 | -- | ||
| Information source | 1 Author | ||
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