Belgian Court Smallsword
Data
| Period1 | 19th Century | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Min/Max date1 | 1860-01-01 - 1880-12-31 | 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 | 2 bars | Provenance1 | Wavre militaria fair |
| Quillions1 | 2 | Provenance(detail)1 | Gunther, July 02 2016 |
| Hilt type1 | Single shell | Original owner1 | -- |
| Grip form1 | Elliptical | ||
| Pommmel type1 | Globular, scrolls | Condition1 | Very good |
| Blade type1 | Straight | ||
| Edge1 | Double edged | ||
| Fuller1 | 2x1 | Information date | 2016-07-02 |
| Information source | 1 Author 2 Source |
| Sword | Blade | Scabbard | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max length(cm/In)1 | 96.6 | 38.03 | 79.7 | 31.38 | 81.6 | 32.13 |
| Max width(cm/In)1 | 11.30 | 4.45 | 1.36 | 0.54 | 2.60 | 1.02 |
| Max thickness(cm/In)1 | 6.90 | 2.72 | 0.56 | 0.22 | 1.88 | 0.74 |
| Curvature(cm/In)1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| Width at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.89 | 0.35 | 1.44 | 0.57 |
| Thickness at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.21 | 0.08 | 0.91 | 0.36 |
| Width at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.14 | 0.45 | 1.60 | 0.63 |
| Thickness at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.39 | 0.15 | 0.96 | 0.38 |
| Section at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Flat. Hexagon | Ellipse | ||
| Section at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Rectangle | Ellipse | ||
| Weight(kg/lb+oz)1 | 0.55 | 1lb 3oz | -- | -- | 0.11 | 0lb 4oz |
| Information source | 1 Author | |||||
| Hilt | Blade | Scabbard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials1 | Ivory | Steel | Black leather |
| Bronze | -- | Bronze | |
| Gilding | -- | Gilding | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Features1 | Bronze spiral | 23 mm ricasso | Floral design |
| Lion and crown | -- | Grid | |
| Oak leaves | -- | Scrolls | |
| Laurel leaves | -- | -- | |
| Floral design | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Marks1 | -- | Circled H | -- |
| -- | Circled S | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Hilt inscription1 | A. Jansen brevete | ||
| Blade inscription1 | Act Jansen 5 rue de la Montange ? Bruxelles | ||
| Scabbard inscription1 | -- | ||
| Information source | 1 Author | ||
A sword with a similar shell can be found on a picture of Nicolas Laloux-Delfosse, provincial clerk from 1860 to 1874.
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