Belgian Court Smallsword
Data
| Period1 | 19th Century | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Min/Max date1 | 1831-07-21 - 1899-12-31 | Location(cntry)1 | Belgium |
| Origin1 | Belgium | Location(detail)1 | ex author s collection |
| Sword type1 | Smallsword | Displayed at1 | -- |
| Corps1 | Civilian | Reference1 | -- |
| Outfit1 | Police | ||
| Owner1 | Author | ||
| Guard type1 | 1 bar | Provenance1 | Wavre militaria fair |
| Quillions1 | 1 | Provenance(detail)1 | A lunettre, livres, November 02 2019 |
| Hilt type1 | Single shell | Original owner1 | -- |
| Grip form1 | Elliptical flat | ||
| Pommmel type1 | Globular, flowers | Condition1 | Very Good |
| Blade type1 | Straight | ||
| Edge1 | Triple edged | ||
| Fuller1 | 3 | Information date | 2019-12-20 |
| Information source | 1 Author 2 Source |
| Sword | Blade | Scabbard | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max length(cm/In)1 | 83.8 | 32.99 | 79.2 | 31.18 | 79.8 | 31.42 |
| Max width(cm/In)1 | 10.70 | 4.21 | 1.90 | 0.75 | 2.08 | 0.82 |
| Max thickness(cm/In)1 | 4.50 | 1.77 | 0.82 | 0.32 | 1.53 | 0.60 |
| Curvature(cm/In)1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| Width at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.61 | 0.24 | 1.08 | 0.43 |
| Thickness at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.32 | 0.13 | 0.88 | 0.35 |
| Width at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.13 | 0.44 | 1.53 | 0.60 |
| Thickness at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.55 | 0.22 | 1.08 | 0.43 |
| 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 | 0.53 | 1lb 3oz | -- | -- | 0.05 | 0lb 2oz |
| Information source | 1 Author | |||||
| Hilt | Blade | Scabbard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials1 | Mother of pearl | Steel | Black leather |
| Brass | -- | Brass | |
| Gilding | -- | Gilding | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Features1 | Belgian coat of arms | 1/3rd blued and gilt | Floral design |
| Floral design | Trophy of arms | Red felt washer | |
| Flowers | Flowers | -- | |
| Dolphin s head | Arabesque | -- | |
| Red felt washer | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Marks1 | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Hilt inscription1 | L union fait la force | ||
| Blade inscription1 | -- | ||
| Scabbard inscription1 | -- | ||
| Information source | 1 Author | ||
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