ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SPANISH SWORDS
CAZOLETA SWORDLET. Author: Vicente Toledo Momparler (sword expert)
Reference | 2-1730-B |
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Name | Cazoleta Swordlet |
Author | TOMÁS DE AYALA |
Era | 18th Century |
Guard | Distinguished brass-gilded guard, flattened sphere pommel with a button on a base, fusiform grip, cross of hawks, wide wings, metal-covered ricasso, shell in a geometry of revolution paraboloid. |
Blade | Straight, generously long, with a very slight mustache, central channel in the first third and three and two flat areas in the rest. Double-edged throughout. |
Total Length | 1100 mm |
Blade Length | 920 mm |
Blade Width | 20 mm |
Inscription | IECIT IN TOLETO TOMAS DE IALES |
Description | Guard from the early 18th century but with a 17th-century blade, attributed to Tomás de Ayala. |