Tag: dress sword

art-of-swords:

Dress Sword

  • Dated: 1650-1700
  • Culture: German
  • Medium and techniques: copper, wire, gilt, blued steel/burnished, chiselled, overlaid, matted, hatched, etched
  • Measurements: overall length 103.7 cml blade length 87.5 cm

The sword features a  burnishd steel hilt with egg-shaped pommel, a tang button, scrolled quillon and knuckleguard. All are chiselled with figures, stylisd foliage, fruit and overlaid with gold. The grip is bound with copper wire, while the straight double-edged steel blade is etched with scrolls and flowerheads.

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