ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SPANISH SWORDS
CAZOLETA SWORD. Author: Vicente Toledo Momparler (sword expert)
Reference | 2-1701-A |
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Name | Cazoleta Sword |
Era | 18th Century |
Guard | Made of iron, brass pommel in a spinning top shape with a knob, double flat and thick cazoleta with gold-plated brass decorations in Asian style, straight quillons, cylindrical escutcheon, and hand guard ring, decorated with iron “olives” covered in brass. |
Blade | Straight, single-edged with a lenticular shape in the first third and engraved with a legend. Edge on the inside and outside up to the tip. |
Inscription | LONG LIVE THE KING OF SPAIN |
Total Length | 1025 mm |
Blade Length | 875 mm |
Width | 30 mm |
Description | As an adjacent territory and autonomous entity of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, the Captaincy General of the Philippines was also known as the Kingdom of the Philippines. |
Museum Inventory | S.B.G.M. Collection |