Small Sword
c.1750–60
Overall: 105.4 cm (41 1/2 in.); Blade: 87.9 cm (34 5/8 in.); Guard: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1094
The hilt, pommel, and guard of this sword are richly chiseled in low relief against a stippled gold background with animals (dogs, a stag, ducks) that appear to be adapted from paintings by Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686–1775). An elegant court sword such as this was an important a...
Artifact
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accession
1916.1094
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Terms
Culture
France, Paris
Technique
steel, gilt and russeted, copper, wood
Genre
Arms and Armor
Department
Medieval Art
Relations
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