French Court Smallsword
Data
| Period1 | 19th Century | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Min/Max date1 | 1800-01-01 - 1899-12-31 | 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 | Stauffer Auktionen |
| Quillions1 | 2 | Provenance(detail)1 | Lot 982, March 18 2017 |
| Hilt type1 | Single shell | Original owner1 | -- |
| Grip form1 | Elliptical flat | ||
| Pommmel type1 | Helmeted head | Condition1 | Very Good |
| Blade type1 | Straight | ||
| Edge1 | Single edged | ||
| Fuller1 | 2x1 | Information date | 2017-06-03 |
| Information source | 1 Author 2 Source |
| Sword | Blade | Scabbard | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max length(cm/In)1 | 88.5 | 34.84 | 75.4 | 29.69 | 76.4 | 30.08 |
| Max width(cm/In)1 | 10.10 | 3.98 | 1.76 | 0.69 | 0.33 | 0.13 |
| Max thickness(cm/In)1 | 4.50 | 1.77 | 0.69 | 0.27 | 2.13 | 0.84 |
| Curvature(cm/In)1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| Width at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.93 | 0.37 | 1.69 | 0.67 |
| Thickness at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.22 | 0.09 | 0.88 | 0.35 |
| Width at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.47 | 0.58 | 2.25 | 0.89 |
| Thickness at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.46 | 0.18 | 1.39 | 0.55 |
| Section at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Lentil | Rounded rectangle | ||
| Section at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Triangle | Rounded rectangle | ||
| Weight(kg/lb+oz)1 | 0.47 | 1lb 1oz | -- | -- | 0.15 | 0lb 5oz |
| Information source | 1 Author | |||||
| Hilt | Blade | Scabbard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials1 | Mother of pearl | Steel | Black leather |
| Brass | -- | Brass | |
| Gilding | -- | Gilding | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Features1 | Warrior's head | 1/3rd blued and gilt | Leaves |
| Victory | Trophy of arms | Floral design | |
| Trophy of arms | Floral design | Diamond pattern | |
| Lion's head | -- | -- | |
| Flowers | -- | -- | |
| Floral design | -- | -- | |
| Marks1 | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | ?E? | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Hilt inscription1 | -- | ||
| Blade inscription1 | -- | ||
| Scabbard inscription1 | -- | ||
| Information source | 1 Author | ||
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