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Sword. Schiavona type
Production: Unknown
Bronze 'Katzenkopf' pommel with a central boss on each side formed of a circle consisting of a mix-armed star, between the arms, raised hemispheres. Grip of oval section, spirally fluted and bound with twisted steel wire. Basket-guard of schiavona 2A type. The bars of flat ribbon section have three chiselled channels that run parallel with each edge. There is a long rear quillon that widens at the tip, ending in a small circular knob. This is bent strongly outward towards the lower bars of the basket. Long blade with a deep ricasso of oval section. Below the section changes to a ridged section with four strongly hollowed faces, and a deep fuller running along the ridge to the point. The taper is very slight. On each side of the ricasso is a monogram below a Saxon crown. It presumably applies to Augustus Rex of Saxony (Augustus the Strong), 1670-1733.
J.S. Henderson Bequest
Length: 104.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933-03-16) by Henderson, James Stewart
17th Century, Late
Circa
1680
CE
-
1700
CE
South German of Venetian type.
The hilt is of a type isolated in European Armour as schiavona type 2A
Grip
composed of
wire
( steel)
Sword
composed of
steel
Hilt
Length 17.8 cm
Blade
Length 89.1 cm
Blade At Hilt
Width 3.7 cm
Decoration
Inscription present: Saxon crown and monogram
Accession number: HEN.M.297-1933
Primary reference Number: 19126
Old object number: PB 110
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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