- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Bandsman's sword [.1] with two-edged leaf-shaped blade engraved on one side 'Manufre Rle de Chatellerault' and on the other '9 bre [i.e. November] 1846'. Brass hilt with grooved grip, stamped '1257'. Stitched leather sheath [.2] with brass mountings inscribed '60[?]3'. [LM 29/10/2007]
- Long description
- The quillon terminals are decorated with concentric circles. The sheath has a leather strap. [LM 29/10/2007]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- French
- Person
- Maker Manufacture de Chatellerault
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Henry Edward Abrams
- Date / Period
- Date made: 1846
- Date collected
- By 1898
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1898
- Materials and processes
- Material Steel Metal, Material Iron Metal, Material Brass Metal, Material Animal Leather Skin, Process Forged (Metal), Process Stamped, Process Incised, Process Inscribed, Process Stitched
- Dimensions
- Length: max 635 mm, Length: max 510 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1898.62.1.1 Accession number: 1898.62.1.2
- Research and responses
For further information on the Manufacture de Chatellerault and its marks see www.angelfire.com/wa/swordcollector/chatellerault.html [LM 29/10/2007]
1898.62.1.1
Bandsman's sword [.1] with two-edged leaf-shaped blade engraved on one side 'Manufre Rle de Chatellerault' and on the other '9 bre [i.e. November] 1846'. Brass hilt with grooved grip, stamped '1257'. Stitched leather sheath [.2] with brass mountings inscribed '60[?]3'. [LM 29/10/2007]
1898.62.1.1
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