Officer's Sword: Elegance And History Of 1805

OFFICIAL SWORD OF THE ROYAL ARMIES AROUND 1805. Author: Vicente Toledo Momparler (sword expert)

Reference	4-1805-A
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

Officer’s Sword: Elegance and History of 1805