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Small Sword

c. 1750–1770

France, Paris

Medium
steel, gilded with wood
Measurements
Overall: 103.2 cm (40 5/8 in.); Blade: 86 cm (33 7/8 in.); Guard: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
Weight: 460 g (1.01 lbs.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1496
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A steel sword features a spherical pommel carved with a portrait profile. Below, the handle is wrapped in braided wire, a slender guard arcing to the right before meeting a decorative hilt plate patterned with relief carvings. The straight blade narrows toward the point, displaying weathered gray and gold tones marked at the base by delicate etchings and a small, six-pointed yellow star.

Small Sword

c. 1750–1770

France, Paris

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