Parade Sword
c. 1500–1525
Overall: 101.9 cm (40 1/8 in.); Blade: 85.4 cm (33 5/8 in.); Quillions: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.); Grip: 11.1 cm (4 3/8 in.)
Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.704
This parade sword has a steel blade with etched and gilded bands of decoration. The decoration includes allegorical figures such as dancing satyrs and nymphs, amorini or cupids, and triumphs. The pommel, the rounded knob on the end of the handle, is flat and shaped like a shie...
Artifact
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1916.704
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Terms
Technique
steel, etched and gilded
Medium
steel, etched and gilded
Genre
Arms and Armor
Department
Medieval Art
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