Belgian Ivory Grip Smallsword
Data
| Period1 | 20th Century | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Min/Max date1 | 1930-01-01 - 1960-12-31 | Location(cntry)1 | Belgium |
| Origin1 | Belgium | 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, Feb 3, 2018 |
| Hilt type1 | Single shell | Original owner1 | -- |
| Grip form1 | Elliptical flat | ||
| Pommmel type1 | Coat of arms, lions heads and crown | Condition1 | Excellent |
| Blade type1 | Straight | ||
| Edge1 | Double edged | ||
| Fuller1 | 0 | Information date | 2018-02-05 |
| Information source | 1 Author 2 Source |
| Sword | Blade | Scabbard | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max length(cm/In)1 | 95.6 | 37.64 | 79.8 | 31.42 | 81.8 | 32.20 |
| Max width(cm/In)1 | 10.50 | 4.13 | 1.55 | 0.61 | 2.14 | 0.84 |
| Max thickness(cm/In)1 | 4.00 | 1.57 | 0.51 | 0.20 | 2.30 | 0.91 |
| Curvature(cm/In)1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| Width at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.08 | 0.43 | 1.41 | 0.56 |
| Thickness at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.23 | 0.09 | 0.88 | 0.35 |
| Width at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.38 | 0.54 | 1.68 | 0.66 |
| Thickness at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.34 | 0.13 | 0.98 | 0.39 |
| Section at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Flat. Hexagon | Ellipse | ||
| Section at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Flat. Hexagon | Rounded rectangle | ||
| Weight(kg/lb+oz)1 | 0.63 | 1lb 6oz | -- | -- | 0.11 | 0lb 4oz |
| Information source | 1 Author | |||||
| Hilt | Blade | Scabbard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials1 | Bronze | Steel | Black leather |
| Gilding | -- | Brass | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Features1 | Belgian coat of arms | Acid etching | Floral design |
| Cornucopia | Floral design | Pearl | |
| Snakes | 44 mm ricasso | -- | |
| Lions heads | -- | -- | |
| Angel | -- | -- | |
| Red felt washer | -- | -- | |
| Marks1 | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Hilt inscription1 | -- | ||
| Blade inscription1 | -- | ||
| Scabbard inscription1 | -- | ||
| Information source | 1 Author | ||
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