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Solingen [Germany]
Two-handed sabre 1670 - 1750
Steel, brass, gilt, fish skin | 106.0 cm (blade length) | RCIN 67467
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German two-handed sabre; the gilt-bronze hilt with an egg-shaped cast pommel, engraved with trellis decoration; tang, quillons and oval quillon block. Cast sea-serpents on the quillon block. Spiral oval grip of grey fish skin with copper foil and wire. Curved one-edged German blade, late seventeenth century, with fuller.
Provenance
In George IV's Armoury at Carlton House (CH AA 204) when it was recorded with the note, 'used by the Famous Knight Bayard, at the Siege of Mozieres in the Year 1521'.
Pierre du Terrail, the Chevalier Bayard, (1473-1524), a native of Dauphiné, who served in the wars of Charles VIII, Louis XII, and François I, was famed for his courage and chivalry.
Sent to Windsor Castle on 23 July 1842 and subsequently displayed in the North Corridor there (no. 833).
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Medium and techniques
Steel, brass, gilt, fish skin
Measurements
106.0 cm (blade length)
137.2 cm (whole object)
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