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British Cut Steel Smallsword


Data

Period1 19th Century
Min/Max date1 1800-01-01 - 1899-12-31 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 Mellors and Kirk
Quillions1 1 Provenance(detail)1 Lot 328, April 25 2018
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 2018-06-12
Information source 1 Author 2 Source
Sword Blade Scabbard
Max length(cm/In)1 97.7 38.46 80.7 31.77 81.3 32.01
Max width(cm/In)1 12.60 4.96 1.44 0.57 2.36 0.93
Max thickness(cm/In)1 3.80 1.50 0.72 0.28 2.32 0.91
Curvature(cm/In)1 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
Width at 10 cm(cm/In)1 -- -- 0.59 0.23 1.16 0.46
Thickness at 10 cm(cm/In)1 -- -- 0.31 0.12 0.93 0.37
Width at 50 cm(cm/In)1 -- -- 0.96 0.38 1.55 0.61
Thickness at 50 cm(cm/In)1 -- -- 0.52 0.20 1.08 0.43
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 0.41 0lb 14oz -- -- 0.09 0lb 3oz
Information source 1 Author
Hilt Blade Scabbard
Materials1 Steel Steel Black leather
-- -- Steel
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Features1 Sheet metal 15 mm ricasso Grooves
Steel diamonds -- Flower frog button
Asymetrical pas-d ane -- Replacement tip
Flat quillon -- --
Black leather washer -- --
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Marks1 -- -- --
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-- -- --
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Hilt inscription1 --
Blade inscription1 --
Scabbard inscription1 --
Information source 1 Author

Pictures

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S000169_British_Cut_Steel_Smallsword_Full_Obverse_With_Scabbard S000169_British_Cut_Steel_Smallsword_Full_Obverse_Next_to_Scabbard S000169_British_Cut_Steel_Smallsword_Full_Reverse_Next_to_Scabbard