Shell Sword: A God, A Law, And An Eighteenth-Century King

SWORD OF SHELLS A GOD A LAW AND A KING. Author: Vicente Toledo Momparler (sword expert)

Reference	2-1750-C
Name	Sword of shells
Period	18th Century
Guard	All made of iron and shells in the “horse mouth” style. Decorated at the bottom with petals engraving and, at the top, with a more delicate, wavy edging. Flattened spherical pommel without a button. Tapered wooden grip wrapped in copper wire. Hand guard decorated in its center and at the end. A single straight quillon, decorated at the tip and finished with a button. Ricasso and four lugs that attach to the shells with screws.
Blade	Straight. With three fullers, a large hollow in the strong third, and double-edged all the way to the tip. The central hollow has an inscription.
Inscription	A GOD A LAW AND A KING
Description	It is a whimsical variant of the 1728 model for Cavalry. It must have had a very unique owner, as it only has one quillon. The motto shows us what the logical order of powers should be according to the prevailing ideology of the time. Thoughts increasingly distancing from absolutism, where king and law were the same.
Total Length	1070 mm
Blade Length	894 mm
Blade Width	035 mm
Museum Inventory	Álava Arms Museum, registration no. 283