ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SPANISH SWORDS
OFFICIAL SWORD OF THE ROYAL ARMIES AROUND 1805. Author: Vicente Toledo Momparler (sword expert)
Reference | 4-1805-A |
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Name | Sword |
Period | Around 1805 |
Hilt | Entirely gilded brass. Lantern-shaped pommel with lion heads and a button. Fusiform wooden pommel, wired with twisted wire and smooth wire, secured by two ferrules. Decorated guard and base with chiseled grapevine design. |
Blade | Straight, flat in the first two thirds, flat on the inside spine and with a sharpened outside edge. False edge on the blade tip. |
Total Length | 950 mm |
Blade Length | 785 mm |
Blade Width | 26 mm |
Description | Non-regulation sword, whimsical piece, probably for an officer or high dignitary. English style, fashion of the time, similar to the sword of the following reference. |
Museum Inventory | Collection of Elies Torres Claravalls |