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SWORD, COURT

Date:: 1718
Culture:: French (Paris)
Medium:: Steel, silver gilt
Dimensions:: Length overall 36 1/2 in. ( 92.71 cm) Length of blade 29 15/16 in. ( 76.02 cm) Gr. width of blade 0 13/16 in. ( 2.06 cm) Gr. thickness of blade 0 3/8 in. ( 0.94 cm) Weight 1 lb. 2 oz. ( 510 gm) Hardness 50-55
Classification:: Swords
Credit Line:: Gift of Mrs. D. H. Schmidt, in memory of Theodore Offerman, 1937
Accession Number:: 37.186.2

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 376

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: On pas d'ane (anterior, reverse side) Crowned A Dateletter Paris 1717/18; Poinçon de Change of Maître Pierre Pointeau Dec. 1, 1691-Nov.30, 1696 (similar to poinçon of Etienne de Bourges). On pas d'ane (posterior) AR (unidentified Makers mark). On knuckleguard poinçon de vieux (stamp for resaled objects) 1780-1789. Inscription: Thre Keiserliche maistät, Chur Mäntz, Chur Cöllen, Chur Trier, Chur Bairn (on one side), Chur Sachsen, Chur Branden-Burg, Chur Pfaltz, Chur Brunswig lünneburg (on other side)
Provenance

Ex coll.: Samuel James Whawell, London; Theodore Offerman, New York City
See also
What
Metal (59,497)

Silver (14,047)

Arms (9,343)

Gilt (9,077)

Iron and iron alloy (7,006)

Edged weapons (6,795)

Swords (4,614)

Iron alloy (3,426)

Steel (3,156)
Where
Europe (150,419)

France (49,644)

Paris (2,005)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (67,116)
In the Museum
Arms and Armor (13,090)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
France, 1600–1800 A.D.
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