French Helmeted Head Smallsword
Data
| Period1 | French First Empire | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Min/Max date1 | 1800-01-01 - 1815-12-31 | Location(cntry)1 | Belgium |
| Origin1 | France | Location(detail)1 | ex author's collection |
| Sword type1 | Smallsword | Displayed at1 | -- |
| Corps1 | Military | Reference1 | -- |
| Outfit1 | Court | ||
| Owner1 | Author | ||
| Guard type1 | 1 bar | Provenance1 | Stauffer Auktionen |
| Quillions1 | 2 | Provenance(detail)1 | Lot 983, March 18 2017 |
| Hilt type1 | Single shell | Original owner1 | -- |
| Grip form1 | Elliptical flat | ||
| Pommmel type1 | Knight s helmet | Condition1 | Very Good |
| Blade type1 | Straight | ||
| Edge1 | Double edged | ||
| Fuller1 | 2x1 | Information date | 2017-06-03 |
| Information source | 1 Author 2 Source |
| Sword | Blade | Scabbard | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max length(cm/In)1 | 92.4 | 36.38 | 77.1 | 30.35 | 82.5 | 32.48 |
| Max width(cm/In)1 | 11.20 | 4.41 | 1.96 | 0.77 | 2.68 | 1.06 |
| Max thickness(cm/In)1 | 3.40 | 1.34 | 0.63 | 0.25 | 1.65 | 0.65 |
| Curvature(cm/In)1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| Width at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.23 | 0.48 | 1.46 | 0.57 |
| Thickness at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.27 | 0.11 | 0.76 | 0.30 |
| Width at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.58 | 0.62 | 2.12 | 0.83 |
| Thickness at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.43 | 0.17 | 0.81 | 0.32 |
| Section at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Lentil | Rounded rectangle | ||
| Section at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Flat. Diamond | Rounded rectangle | ||
| Weight(kg/lb+oz)1 | 0.61 | 1lb 6oz | -- | -- | 0.10 | 0lb 4oz |
| Information source | 1 Author | |||||
| Hilt | Blade | Scabbard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials1 | Mother of pearl | Steel | Black leather |
| Brass | -- | Brass | |
| Gilding | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Features1 | Knight's head | -- | Striated button |
| Spider web | -- | Grooves | |
| Man s portrait | -- | -- | |
| Flowers | -- | -- | |
| Floral design | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Marks1 | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Hilt inscription1 | -- | ||
| Blade inscription1 | -- | ||
| Scabbard inscription1 | -- | ||
| Information source | 1 Author | ||
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