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| Title |
Sword |
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| Object type | Classification: 72207 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
English: Sword, Military Band Officers, c.1825 sword, with brass hilt and ivory handle |
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| Date | 1883; 1883; 19th Century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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17233 (object number) |
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| Place of creation | England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | gift of the Colonial Office, London, 1883 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | naval sword (19th century) description- sword, with brass hilt and ivory handle ref. Robson figs. 176-179 pp 170-171 Blade length and width- 26 ½in x 1in; 27 3-8in x 1 ¼in; 32 3-8in x 1in (length suggests this is a cavalry band sword). Blade type- flat back, curved, unfullered, spear point. Guard- brass; chain attached to loose rings on quillon and pommel. Hilt mounts- brass. Grip- brass. Scabbard- black leather, brass locket and chape. Sword weight- 1lb 12oz (2lb 7 oz) Scabbard weight- 8 oz. Ref. Robson, page 167- The peculiar position of regimental bandsmen in the eighteenth century and early nineteenth century meant that there were originally no standard patterns of sword for them. Each regiment adopted its own pattern and since bandsmen were not intended to be fighting their swords were even more purely ornamental than those of the drummers. But by 1800 a certain broad uniformity had begun to emerge. The typical infantry band sword of the early part of the nineteenth century had a solid brass mameluke hilt with a short curved blade and a brass scabbard. The grip usually ended in an animal’s or bird’s head - lion, tigers, horses and eagles most common. The quillons could be straight or S-shaped with ornamented ends and frequently a regimental device on the Ecusson. A common and distinctive feature was the provision of a loose chain joining one end of a quillon to the top of the grip. Sometimes the blade was straight. Similar hilts used by the French Army suggest that the basic design was influenced by the French Expedition to Egypt in 1798 and the British Egyptian campaign of 1801. By the early 1840s a new type of band sword with a straight broad blade and a solid brass cruciform hilt ending in trefoils was coming into fashion in dismounted units. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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