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British Cut Steel Smallsword


Data

Period1 18th Century
Min/Max date1 1700-01-01 - 1799-12-31 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 Aguttes
Quillions1 1 Provenance(detail)1 Lot 302, May 29, 2019
Hilt type1 Oval Original owner1 --
Grip form1 Elliptical
Pommmel type1 Urn and ball Condition1 Very Good
Blade type1 Straight
Edge1 Triple edged
Fuller1 3 Information date 2019-06-28
Information source 1 Author 2 Source
Sword Blade Scabbard
Max length(cm/In)1 94.0 37.01 75.3 29.65 87.6 34.49
Max width(cm/In)1 11.40 4.49 1.78 0.70 2.68 1.06
Max thickness(cm/In)1 8.00 3.15 0.73 0.29 1.58 0.62
Curvature(cm/In)1 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
Width at 10 cm(cm/In)1 -- -- 0.51 0.20 0.85 0.33
Thickness at 10 cm(cm/In)1 -- -- 0.40 0.16 0.75 0.30
Width at 50 cm(cm/In)1 -- -- 1.05 0.41 1.35 0.53
Thickness at 50 cm(cm/In)1 -- -- 0.57 0.22 0.99 0.39
Section at 10 cm(cm/In)1 -- -- Hollow triangle Ellipse
Section at 50 cm(cm/In)1 -- -- Hollow triangle Rounded triangle
Weight(kg/lb+oz)1 0.39 0lb 14oz -- -- 0.14 0lb 5oz
Information source 1 Author
Hilt Blade Scabbard
Materials1 Steel Steel Cream lizard skin
-- -- Steel
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Features1 Sheet metal -- Steel diamonds
Steel beads -- Collets
Pierced shell -- Red felt washer
Open-work -- --
Facets -- --
Red felt washer -- --
Marks1 -- -- --
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Hilt inscription1 --
Blade inscription1 --
Scabbard inscription1 --
Information source 1 Author

Pictures

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