Sword with straight, tapering, two edged blade and iron hilt with perforated guard, knuckleguard, scrolling quillon and pommel. [SM 31/10/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Sword with straight, tapering, two edged blade and iron hilt with perforated guard, knuckleguard, scrolling quillon and pommel. [SM 31/10/2007]
Long description: Sword with straight, tapering, two edged blade and iron hilt with perforated guard, knuckleguard, scrolling quillon and pommel. The blade has a short fuller on both surfaces. The guard is bi-lobed and perforated all over with small holes. It has a single quillon which projects from one side and curves forward towards the join between the blade and the hilt. On the inside of the guard is a thumb grip, consisting of a loop of iron running from the outside of the guard to the base of the grip. The grip is bound with iron ?wire in a herringbone pattern. [SM 31/10/2007]
Geographical reference: Europe
Europe
Cultural groups: European
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Henry Balfour; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: 1700-1900
Date collected: ?By 1939
Acquisition information: Donated: Donated, uncertain Found unentered: 1945
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Metal Wire, Process Forged (Metal), Process Bound, Process Perforated, Process Grooved, Process Plaited, Process Twisted
Dimensions: Length: max 1000 mm, Width: max 130 mm guard including quillon
Object numbers: Accession number: 1945.11.103

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