French 1st Empire Smallsword
Data
| Period1 | French First Empire | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Min/Max date1 | 1800-01-01 - 1815-12-31 | Location(cntry)1 | Belgium |
| Origin1 | France | Location(detail)1 | ex author's collection |
| Sword type1 | Smallsword | Displayed at1 | -- |
| Corps1 | Military | Reference1 | -- |
| Outfit1 | Court | ||
| Owner1 | Author | ||
| Guard type1 | 1 bar | Provenance1 | Anderson & Garland |
| Quillions1 | 2 | Provenance(detail)1 | June 16 2016 |
| Hilt type1 | Asymmetrical shell | Original owner1 | -- |
| Grip form1 | Rectangular | ||
| Pommmel type1 | Lion's head | Condition1 | Good |
| Blade type1 | Straight | ||
| Edge1 | Double edged | ||
| Fuller1 | 0 | Information date | 2016-10-14 |
| Information source | 1 Author 2 Source |
| Sword | Blade | Scabbard | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max length(cm/In)1 | 86.5 | 34.06 | 75.7 | 29.80 | 81.4 | 32.05 |
| Max width(cm/In)1 | 11.00 | 4.33 | 2.03 | 0.80 | 3.09 | 1.22 |
| Max thickness(cm/In)1 | 6.10 | 2.40 | 0.48 | 0.19 | 1.78 | 0.70 |
| Curvature(cm/In)1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| Width at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.07 | 0.42 | 1.57 | 0.62 |
| Thickness at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.19 | 0.07 | 0.76 | 0.30 |
| Width at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.54 | 0.61 | 2.00 | 0.79 |
| Thickness at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.28 | 0.11 | 0.73 | 0.29 |
| Section at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Flat. Diamond | Rounded rectangle | ||
| Section at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Flat. Diamond | Rounded rectangle | ||
| Weight(kg/lb+oz)1 | 0.41 | 0lb 14oz | -- | -- | 0.12 | 0lb 4oz |
| Information source | 1 Author | |||||
| Hilt | Blade | Scabbard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials1 | Mother of pearl | Steel | Brown leather |
| Brass | Nickel coating | Brass | |
| Gilding | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Features1 | Angel | -- | Lines |
| Carriage | -- | Vines | |
| Flowers | -- | -- | |
| Athena's head | -- | -- | |
| Fronds | -- | -- | |
| Green Man ? | -- | -- | |
| Marks1 | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Hilt inscription1 | -- | ||
| Blade inscription1 | -- | ||
| Scabbard inscription1 | -- | ||
| Information source | 1 Author | ||
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