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British Cut Steel Smallsword


Data

Period1 18th Century
Min/Max date1 1700-01-01 - 1799-12-31 Location(cntry)1 Belgium
Origin1 Britain Location(detail)1 ex author s collection
Sword type1 Smallsword Displayed at1 --
Corps1 Civilian Reference1 --
Outfit1 Court
Owner1 Author
Guard type1 Row of beads Provenance1 Wallis and Wallis
Quillions1 1 Provenance(detail)1 Lot 741, Jan 7, 2019
Hilt type1 Pierced shell Original owner1 --
Grip form1 Elliptical
Pommmel type1 Urn and ball Condition1 Very Good
Blade type1 Straight
Edge1 Triple edged
Fuller1 3 Information date 2019-06-28
Information source 1 Author 2 Source
Sword Blade Scabbard
Max length(cm/In)1 101.7 40.04 84.5 33.27 0.0 0.00
Max width(cm/In)1 9.20 3.62 1.75 0.69 0.00 0.00
Max thickness(cm/In)1 8.20 3.23 0.93 0.37 0.00 0.00
Curvature(cm/In)1 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
Width at 10 cm(cm/In)1 -- -- 0.48 0.19 0.00 0.00
Thickness at 10 cm(cm/In)1 -- -- 0.35 0.14 0.00 0.00
Width at 50 cm(cm/In)1 -- -- 0.96 0.38 0.00 0.00
Thickness at 50 cm(cm/In)1 -- -- 0.62 0.24 0.00 0.00
Section at 10 cm(cm/In)1 -- -- Hollow triangle
Section at 50 cm(cm/In)1 -- -- Hollow triangle
Weight(kg/lb+oz)1 0.37 0lb 13oz -- -- 0.00 0lb 0oz
Information source 1 Author
Hilt Blade Scabbard
Materials1 Steel Steel Black leather
-- -- Steel
-- -- Red felt insert
-- -- --
Features1 Sheet metal Floral design Grooves
Steel diamonds Cartouche Missing tip
Pierced shell 2 mm ricasso --
Steel beads -- --
Lenticular studs -- --
Torsade facets -- --
Marks1 -- -- --
-- -- --
-- -- --
-- -- --
Hilt inscription1 --
Blade inscription1 --
Scabbard inscription1 Thm Gray 13 New Bond St
Information source 1 Author

Pictures

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