Belgian Short Court Smallsword
Data
| Period1 | 19th Century | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Min/Max date1 | 1831-07-21 - 1899-12-31 | Location(cntry)1 | Belgium |
| Origin1 | Belgium | Location(detail)1 | ex author s collection |
| Sword type1 | Smallsword | Displayed at1 | -- |
| Corps1 | Civilian | Reference1 | -- |
| Outfit1 | Court | ||
| Owner1 | Author | ||
| Guard type1 | 2 bars | Provenance1 | Wavre militaria fair |
| Quillions1 | 2 | Provenance(detail)1 | Gunter, December 08 2019 |
| Hilt type1 | Single shell | Original owner1 | -- |
| Grip form1 | Elliptical flat | ||
| Pommmel type1 | Globular, flowers | Condition1 | Very Good |
| Blade type1 | Straight | ||
| Edge1 | Double edged | ||
| Fuller1 | 0 | Information date | 2019-12-20 |
| Information source | 1 Author 2 Source |
| Sword | Blade | Scabbard | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max length(cm/In)1 | 78.4 | 30.87 | 63.9 | 25.16 | 64.5 | 25.39 |
| Max width(cm/In)1 | 10.20 | 4.02 | 1.54 | 0.61 | 2.16 | 0.85 |
| Max thickness(cm/In)1 | 5.40 | 2.13 | 0.51 | 0.20 | 2.20 | 0.87 |
| 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 | 1.38 | 0.54 |
| Thickness at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.31 | 0.12 | 0.94 | 0.37 |
| Width at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.39 | 0.55 | 1.64 | 0.65 |
| Thickness at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.41 | 0.16 | 0.94 | 0.37 |
| Section at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Flat. Hexagon | Ellipse | ||
| Section at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Flat. Hexagon | Rounded rectangle | ||
| Weight(kg/lb+oz)1 | 0.63 | 1lb 6oz | -- | -- | 0.07 | 0lb 2oz |
| Information source | 1 Author | |||||
| Hilt | Blade | Scabbard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials1 | Ivory | Steel | Black leather |
| Brass | -- | Brass | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Features1 | Flowers | 2/3 acid etching | Floral design |
| Oak leaves | Floral design | Elaborate frog button | |
| Laurel leaves | -- | Nail | |
| Empty medallion | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Marks1 | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Hilt inscription1 | -- | ||
| Blade inscription1 | -- | ||
| Scabbard inscription1 | -- | ||
| Information source | 1 Author | ||
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