Scottish Court Smallsword
Data
| Period1 | George VI's reign | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Min/Max date1 | 1936-12-11 - 1952-02-06 | Location(cntry)1 | Belgium |
| Origin1 | England | Location(detail)1 | ex author's collection |
| Sword type1 | Smallsword | Displayed at1 | -- |
| Corps1 | Royal Co. of Archers | Reference1 | -- |
| Outfit1 | Bodyguard | ||
| Owner1 | Author | ||
| Guard type1 | 1 bar | Provenance1 | Wavre militaria fair |
| Quillions1 | 1 | Provenance(detail)1 | Pino, February 04 2017 |
| Hilt type1 | Single shell | Original owner1 | -- |
| Grip form1 | Elliptical | ||
| Pommmel type1 | Ball and button | Condition1 | Very Good |
| Blade type1 | Straight | ||
| Edge1 | Double edged | ||
| Fuller1 | 0 | Information date | 2017-02-17 |
| Information source | 1 Author 2 Source |
| Sword | Blade | Scabbard | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max length(cm/In)1 | 93.0 | 36.61 | 78.2 | 30.79 | 79.6 | 31.34 |
| Max width(cm/In)1 | 11.10 | 4.37 | 1.89 | 0.74 | 2.45 | 0.96 |
| Max thickness(cm/In)1 | 3.40 | 1.34 | 0.63 | 0.25 | 2.10 | 0.83 |
| Curvature(cm/In)1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| Width at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.08 | 0.43 | 1.55 | 0.61 |
| Thickness at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.22 | 0.09 | 0.93 | 0.37 |
| Width at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.47 | 0.58 | 2.02 | 0.80 |
| Thickness at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.39 | 0.15 | 1.35 | 0.53 |
| Section at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Lentil | Ellipse | ||
| Section at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Lentil | Ellipse | ||
| Weight(kg/lb+oz)1 | 0.48 | 1lb 1oz | -- | -- | 0.22 | 0lb 8oz |
| Information source | 1 Author | |||||
| Hilt | Blade | Scabbard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials1 | Silver wire | Steel | Black leather |
| Brass | Nickel coating | Brass | |
| Gilding | -- | -- | |
| Silver | -- | -- | |
| Features1 | Thistle | Acid etching | Flower button |
| Floral design | Floral design | Floral design | |
| Grapes | 9 mm ricasso | Shoe with button and waves | |
| Leather washer | -- | 1 nail in locket | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Marks1 | -- | Davies and son Hanover | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Hilt inscription1 | -- | ||
| Blade inscription1 | -- | ||
| Scabbard inscription1 | -- | ||
| Information source | 1 Author | ||
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