Belgian Civil Servant's Smallsword
Data
| Period1 | 19th Century | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Min/Max date1 | 1800-01-01 - 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 | -- | ||
| Owner1 | Author | ||
| Guard type1 | 1 bar | Provenance1 | Wavre militaria fair |
| Quillions1 | 2 | Provenance(detail)1 | Gunther, March 06 2016 |
| Hilt type1 | Pierced shell | Original owner1 | -- |
| Grip form1 | Elliptical flat | ||
| Pommmel type1 | Busy | Condition1 | Excellent |
| Blade type1 | Straight | ||
| Edge1 | Double edged | ||
| Fuller1 | 0 | Information date | 2016-04-05 |
| Information source | 1 Author |
| Sword | Blade | Scabbard | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max length(cm/In)1 | 94.8 | 37.32 | 79.8 | 31.42 | 81.0 | 31.89 |
| Max width(cm/In)1 | 10.50 | 4.13 | 1.57 | 0.62 | 2.42 | 0.95 |
| Max thickness(cm/In)1 | 4.90 | 1.93 | 0.45 | 0.18 | 2.25 | 0.89 |
| Curvature(cm/In)1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| Width at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.05 | 0.41 | 1.47 | 0.58 |
| Thickness at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.21 | 0.08 | 0.86 | 0.34 |
| Width at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.39 | 0.55 | 1.69 | 0.67 |
| Thickness at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.31 | 0.12 | 0.82 | 0.32 |
| Section at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Flat. Hexagon | Ellipse | ||
| Section at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Flat. Hexagon | Ellipse | ||
| Weight(kg/lb+oz)1 | 0.45 | 0lb 16oz | -- | -- | 0.12 | 0lb 4oz |
| Information source | 1 Author | |||||
| Hilt | Blade | Scabbard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials1 | Mother of pearl | Steel | Black leather |
| Bronze | Nickel coating | Bronze | |
| Gilding | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Features1 | Floral wreath | Acid etching | Floral design |
| Flowers | Floral design | -- | |
| Lizards | Trophy of arms | -- | |
| Moustached heads | 39 mm ricasso | -- | |
| Red felt | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Marks1 | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Hilt inscription1 | -- | ||
| Blade inscription1 | -- | ||
| Scabbard inscription1 | -- | ||
| Information source | 1 Author | ||
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