smallsword
Object NameSmall Sword with Scabbard
Made FromSilver, Gold, Steel, Cobalt Glass, Aventurine
Dateabout 1785
Place MadeFrance
SizeOverall H: 99.5 cm, W: 11.5 cm, D: 6.5 cm
Accession Number2020.3.1
Credit LinePurchased in part with funds from Dwight and Lorri Lanmon
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
In Sparkling Company: Glass and the Costs of Social Life in Britain during the 1700s
Not On View
Physical DescriptionSmall Sword with Scabbard. Cobalt and aventurine glass plaques, steel, gold, silver. The hilt of silver-gilt, the grip, knucklebow and arms of the hilt decorated with facet-cutting, the pommel, grip, knucklebow, sleeve and upper side of the shell all set with oval and disc-shaped panels of aventurine and blue glass. The panels themselves encircled with borders of glass brilliants; lines of brilliants also decorate the grip, border the upper side of the shell and form discs on the upper side of the shell and quillon terminal. The lower side of the shell with a raised polished border enclosing a chiseled ground decorated with polished ovals and discs containing florets. The blue and gilded blade of hollow triangular section, bearing a gold crowned cipher LER, applied to the forte on the near-side.Provenance
Source
Peter Finer Ltd
- 2011-2019-01-07
Former Collection
Dietrich Stürken
- 1979-2011
late 1970s until 2011
late 1970s until 2011
