British Cut Steel Smallsword
Data
| Period1 | 19th Century | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Min/Max date1 | 1856-01-01 - 1889-12-31 | Location(cntry)1 | Belgium |
| Origin1 | Britain | Location(detail)1 | ex author s collection |
| Sword type1 | Smallsword | Displayed at1 | -- |
| Corps1 | Civilian | Reference1 | -- |
| Outfit1 | Court | ||
| Owner1 | Author | ||
| Guard type1 | 1 bar | Provenance1 | Holt s Auctioneers |
| Quillions1 | 1 | Provenance(detail)1 | Dec 14 2017 |
| Hilt type1 | Single shell | Original owner1 | -- |
| Grip form1 | Elliptical | ||
| Pommmel type1 | Urn and ball | Condition1 | Very good |
| Blade type1 | Straight | ||
| Edge1 | Triple edged | ||
| Fuller1 | 3 | Information date | 2018-02-05 |
| Information source | 1 Author 2 Source |
| Sword | Blade | Scabbard | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max length(cm/In)1 | 96.4 | 37.95 | 79.0 | 31.10 | 80.0 | 31.50 |
| Max width(cm/In)1 | 9.70 | 3.82 | 1.51 | 0.59 | 2.31 | 0.91 |
| Max thickness(cm/In)1 | 5.70 | 2.24 | 0.92 | 0.36 | 2.27 | 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 | -- | -- | 0.69 | 0.27 | 1.16 | 0.46 |
| Thickness at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.42 | 0.17 | 1.05 | 0.41 |
| Width at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.12 | 0.44 | 1.56 | 0.61 |
| Thickness at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.54 | 0.21 | 1.17 | 0.46 |
| Section at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Hollow triangle | Rounded triangle | ||
| Section at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Hollow triangle | Rounded triangle | ||
| Weight(kg/lb+oz)1 | 0.46 | 1lb 0oz | -- | -- | 0.11 | 0lb 4oz |
| Information source | 1 Author | |||||
| Hilt | Blade | Scabbard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials1 | Steel | Steel | Black leather |
| -- | -- | Steel | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Features1 | Sheet metal | Acid etching | Grooves |
| Steel diamonds | Floral design | Flower frog button | |
| Facetted grip | 26 mm ricasso | -- | |
| Facetted pommel | -- | -- | |
| Turned ferrules | -- | -- | |
| Grooves | -- | -- | |
| Marks1 | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Hilt inscription1 | -- | ||
| Blade inscription1 | Hill Bros 3 Old Bond St Wi | ||
| Scabbard inscription1 | -- | ||
| Information source | 1 Author | ||
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