Art of Swords

Sword
/sôrd/
Noun
1. A weapon consisting typically of a long, straight or slightly curved, pointed blade having one or two cutting edges and set into a hilt.
2. An instrument of death or destruction.

Smallsword with parcel-silvered gilt-brass Rococo hilt 

  • Dated: circa 1770
  • Design: after the genre Pittoresque
  • Culture: French or German

With slender blade stamped “En Tolido” within the short fuller on both sides at the forte, gilt-brass hilt cast with rococo patterns of flowers and scrolls entwined in part about architectural ruins, with outer loop-guard widening in the middle to form a pierced interlace of ribbon gathered rosette-like about a single flowerhead, enclosing  a small shell-guard for the thumb, all cast in low relief and all set in contrast against a silvered pounced “fish-roe” ground.

Source & Copyright: Peter Finer 

Posted August 12, 2012 at 11:30 am 96 notes

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