Dutch Civil Servant's Smallsword
Data
| Period1 | 19th Century | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Min/Max date1 | 1800-01-01 - 1899-12-31 | Location(cntry)1 | Belgium |
| Origin1 | Nederlands | Location(detail)1 | Brussels |
| Sword type1 | Smallsword | Displayed at1 | -- |
| Corps1 | Civilian | Reference1 | -- |
| Outfit1 | -- | ||
| Owner1 | Author | ||
| Guard type1 | 1 bar | Provenance1 | Wavre militaria fair |
| Quillions1 | 2 | Provenance(detail)1 | Gunther, May 2 2015 |
| Hilt type1 | Single shell | Original owner1 | -- |
| Grip form1 | Elliptical flat | ||
| Pommmel type1 | Globular, portraits | Condition1 | Excellent |
| Blade type1 | Straight | ||
| Edge1 | Triple edged | ||
| Fuller1 | 3 | Information date | 2015-05-09 |
| Information source | 1 Author |
| Sword | Blade | Scabbard | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max length(cm/In)1 | 96.7 | 38.07 | 83.6 | 32.91 | 84.8 | 33.39 |
| Max width(cm/In)1 | 11.50 | 4.53 | 1.60 | 0.63 | 2.24 | 0.88 |
| Max thickness(cm/In)1 | 6.00 | 2.36 | 0.81 | 0.32 | 2.38 | 0.94 |
| Curvature(cm/In)1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| Width at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.58 | 0.23 | 1.30 | 0.51 |
| Thickness at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.30 | 0.12 | 1.08 | 0.43 |
| Width at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.08 | 0.43 | 1.62 | 0.64 |
| Thickness at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.53 | 0.21 | 0.99 | 0.39 |
| Section at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Triangle | Rounded triangle | ||
| Section at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Triangle | Rounded triangle | ||
| Weight(kg/lb+oz)1 | 0.39 | 0lb 14oz | -- | -- | 0.12 | 0lb 4oz |
| Information source | 1 Author | |||||
| Hilt | Blade | Scabbard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials1 | Mother of pearl | Steel | Black leather |
| Bronze | Nickel coating | Copper | |
| Gilding | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Features1 | Dutch coat of arms | Acid etching | Leaves |
| Floral design | Floral design | Pearls | |
| Lion heads | 11 mm ricasso | -- | |
| Portrait of Athena | -- | -- | |
| Flowers | -- | -- | |
| Waves | -- | -- | |
| Marks1 | -- | W Vervloet & Zoon S Gravenhage | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Hilt inscription1 | -- | ||
| Blade inscription1 | -- | ||
| Scabbard inscription1 | -- | ||
| Information source | 1 Author | ||
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