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Production: Unknown
Small sword, with etched blade, silver hilt of boat-shell form, and knuckle-guard screwed to pommel. Amsterdam town mark on the hilt.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933-03-16) by Henderson, James Stewart
18th Century, Early#
Circa
1700
CE
-
1730
CE
The hilt is elaborately decorated and still has traces of the original gilding. The grip is particularly fine and still has its original binding of silver ribbon and steel wires. The blade is of colichemarde type - wide at the top and narrower towards the tip.
Hilt
composed of
silver
Sword
composed of
steel
Blade
Accession number: HEN.M.252-1933
Primary reference Number: 19013
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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