French Second Empire Smallsword
Data
| Period1 | French Second Empire | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Min/Max date1 | 1851-12-02 - 1870-09-04 | Location(cntry)1 | Belgium |
| Origin1 | France | Location(detail)1 | ex author's collection |
| Sword type1 | Smallsword | Displayed at1 | -- |
| Corps1 | Reference1 | -- | |
| Outfit1 | |||
| Owner1 | |||
| Guard type1 | 2 bars | Provenance1 | Le bon coin |
| Quillions1 | 1 | Provenance(detail)1 | Sep 10 2014 |
| Hilt type1 | Shell + collapsible shell | Original owner1 | -- |
| Grip form1 | Elliptical flat | ||
| Pommmel type1 | Inverted cone | Condition1 | Very Good |
| Blade type1 | Straight | ||
| Edge1 | Double edged | ||
| Fuller1 | 0 | Information date | 2015-01-25 |
| Information source | 1 Author |
| Sword | Blade | Scabbard | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max length(cm/In)1 | 86.5 | 34.06 | 71.5 | 28.15 | 74.1 | 29.17 |
| Max width(cm/In)1 | 11.90 | 4.69 | 2.06 | 0.81 | 2.65 | 1.04 |
| Max thickness(cm/In)1 | 8.20 | 3.23 | 0.83 | 0.33 | 2.28 | 0.90 |
| Curvature(cm/In)1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| Width at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.14 | 0.45 | 1.56 | 0.61 |
| Thickness at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.32 | 0.13 | 0.92 | 0.36 |
| Width at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.61 | 0.63 | 2.05 | 0.81 |
| Thickness at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.50 | 0.20 | 1.05 | 0.41 |
| Section at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Flat. Diamond | Ellipse | ||
| Section at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Flat. Diamond | Ellipse | ||
| Weight(kg/lb+oz)1 | 0.64 | 1lb 7oz | -- | -- | 0.21 | 0lb 7oz |
| Information source | 1 Author | |||||
| Hilt | Blade | Scabbard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials1 | Horn (brown) | Steel | Metal |
| Bronze | -- | Blued | |
| Gilding | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Features1 | Eagle | 9 mm ricasso | Greek helmet |
| 6 flags | -- | Floral design | |
| Laurel leaves | -- | Black leather frogpiece | |
| Flowers | -- | -- | |
| Shield | -- | -- | |
| Silver thread portepee | -- | -- | |
| Marks1 | -- | Coulaux & Co. Klingenthal | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Hilt inscription1 | -- | ||
| Blade inscription1 | -- | ||
| Scabbard inscription1 | -- | ||
| Information source | 1 Author | ||
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