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Sword with silver hilt
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Sword with silver hilt

Jean Hosse · 1750 - 1775 · etching; blocked; corrugated; casting; beitelen; silver (metal)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Ornamental sword. The cast silver hilt is obliquely pleated; the knuckle guard is screwed to the pommel and stamped on the carrying side with a city mark of Amsterdam, a silversmith's monogram and a mark that probably represents an axe; the quillon ends in a knob with a small knob on top, the crossguard also has two short finger guards that end just above the pommel; the pommel is boat-shaped and provided with a decorative arch on the back. The double-edged blade begins with an oval cross-section and tapers to hexagonal; etched with braided work with below it a panel with the address of the sword maker and below that braided work, curls, flags, arabesques, chiseled planes as a flower and a row of round paternosters.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
sword
Credit lineDegen met zilveren gevest. 1750 - 1775. Jean Hosse. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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