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Results for "Sword Guard"12 records

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Sword Guard by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sword Guard

Unrecorded maker

14th–15th century · Iron, gold, silver, copper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Small Sword by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Small Sword

Unrecorded maker

1640–60 · Arms and Armor, steel, wood, steel wire, copper, chiseled shell guard; blade: blued, gilded, pierced and engraved

Cleared · CC0

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Sword Guard (Tsuba) by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Unrecorded maker

late 17th century · Iron, copper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Small Sword by Jean-Baptiste Oudry, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Small Sword

Jean-Baptiste Oudry (d. 1755)

c.1750–60 · Arms and Armor, steel, gilt and russeted, copper, wood

Cleared · CC0

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Sword Guard (Tsuba) by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Unrecorded maker

17th century · Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, copper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Two-Handed Sword of the State Guard of Julius of Brunswick-Lunüneburg by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Two-Handed Sword of the State Guard of Julius of Brunswick-Lunüneburg

Unrecorded maker

1574 · Arms and Armor, steel, leather and wire bound grip

Cleared · CC0

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Sword Guard (Tsuba) by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Unrecorded maker

16th–17th century · Copper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Parade Sword by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Parade Sword

Unrecorded maker

c. 1500–1525 · Arms and Armor, steel, etched and gilded

Cleared · CC0

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Sword Guard (Tsuba) by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Unrecorded maker

18th century · Iron, copper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Rapier by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Rapier

Unrecorded maker

c. 1580–1610 · Arms and Armor, steel, ribbed guard and pommel; wood and wire

Cleared · CC0

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Sword Guard (Tsuba) by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1615–1868 · Iron, copper alloy (sentoku), gold, silver, copper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Sword Guard (Tsuba) with Fence and Flower by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sword Guard (Tsuba) with Fence and Flower

Unrecorded maker

c. 1615–1868 · Arms and Armor, iron

Cleared · CC0

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