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Blade maker:
Unknown
(Hilt)
Hilt maker:
Unknown
(Blade)
Small sword, silver hilt formerly gilt. Paris charge mark. Discharge mark of warrior's head.
History note: Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex
J.S. Henderson Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933-03-16) by Henderson, James Stewart
18th Century, Early#
Production date:
circa
AD 1720
The blued and gilt blade is inscribed on one side: ‘De la/Manufacture/de la marque/ a l’Extra-fin/a Solingen’ and ‘EXT/FIN’. On the other side: ‘Cassaignard/mt/fourbisseur/Du roy/Et maître/arquebusier/Pres la Bourse/a Nantes’. The silver hilt has chiselled decoration with traces of original gilding and the grip is bound with silver wire and ribbon. Cassaignard was a sword maker in Nantes, with a shop close to the local Stock Exchange, at the sign 'A la Victoire'.
Hilt
composed of
silver
Sword
composed of
steel
Accession number: HEN.M.251-1933
Primary reference Number: 19012
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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