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1 of 253523 objects
England
Small sword and scabbard 1780
Steel, wood, silver-gilt wire | RCIN 61292
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Small sword, steel hilt chiselled with neo-classical ornments, military trophies, wing-like decoration, flowers and husks. Barrel-shaped wooden grip bound with silver-gilt wire: Turks head ferrules. Straight, three-edged hollow ground blade with 1/8" shoulder, etched with military trophy.
Provenance
Purchased by George IV when Prince of Wales, from the sword-cutler, Bland, of St. James' Street, before 1804 (CH Arms Cat.,no. 146). -
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Medium and techniques
Steel, wood, silver-gilt wire
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