British Wedgwood 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 | Row of beads | Provenance1 | Boisseau-pomez |
| Quillions1 | 2 | Provenance(detail)1 | Lot 143, April 27 2018 |
| Hilt type1 | Oval | Original owner1 | -- |
| Grip form1 | Elliptical | ||
| Pommmel type1 | Egg and ball | Condition1 | Good |
| Blade type1 | Straight | ||
| Edge1 | Triple edged | ||
| Fuller1 | 3 | Information date | 2018-06-12 |
| Information source | 1 Author 2 Source |
| Sword | Blade | Scabbard | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max length(cm/In)1 | 100.0 | 39.37 | 82.7 | 32.56 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| Max width(cm/In)1 | 9.80 | 3.86 | 1.74 | 0.69 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Max thickness(cm/In)1 | 8.50 | 3.35 | 0.85 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Curvature(cm/In)1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| Width at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.52 | 0.20 | 1.08 | 0.43 |
| Thickness at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.35 | 0.14 | 0.92 | 0.36 |
| Width at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.04 | 0.41 | 1.26 | 0.50 |
| Thickness at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.57 | 0.22 | 0.91 | 0.36 |
| 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 | 0.40 | 0lb 14oz | -- | -- | 0.00 | 0lb 0oz |
| Information source | 1 Author | |||||
| Hilt | Blade | Scabbard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials1 | Steel | Steel | Cream leather |
| Wedgwood | -- | Brass | |
| -- | -- | Gilding | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Features1 | Sheet metal | 1/3rd blued and gilt | Grooves |
| Steel diamonds | Floral design | Geometrical design | |
| Steel beads | Cartouche | Missing locket | |
| Open-work | -- | -- | |
| Wedgwood inserts | -- | -- | |
| Wedgwood pearls | -- | -- | |
| Marks1 | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Hilt inscription1 | -- | ||
| Blade inscription1 | -- | ||
| Scabbard inscription1 | -- | ||
| Information source | 1 Author | ||
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