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Sabers with scabbard for a drum major

anonymous · c. 1820 - c. 1850 · sawing; riveted; welding; casting; forging; sewing; engraving; iron (metal); copper (metal); leather; steel (alloy)

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Saber with a straight steel blade. Both sides with fuller. Copper hilt, grip with a knob in the form of a lion's head. Parrying quillons with downward-curving curls. Two pommel plates, the outer one decorated with a trophy of arms. Black leather scabbard with a partially profiled upper band. Carrying loop in the form of an acanthus leaf. Profiled and engraved lower band with a clover-shaped drag plate, containing a hole.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

sabre Koninkrijk der Nederlanden Netherlands Belgium

Credit lineSabels met schede voor tamboer-majoor. c. 1820 - c. 1850. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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