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Smallsword with Scabbard

C. Liger

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Smallsword with Scabbard by C. Liger. A small sword with a gold-colored hilt and guard, with a wrapped grip and a spherical finial on top, featuring etched floral patterns. The flat, straight blade is gold-colored at the base with etched floral patterns and dark-colored toward the tip with gold-colored etched floral patterns. A two-piece metal guard has a curved, downturned quillon. The pommel is spherical. The background of the image is gray.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1780
Medium:
Steel, silver, gold, wood, textile, fishskin
Culture:
French
Dimensions:
384 × 624 px
Museum record:
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