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Results for "Sword Hilt"12 records

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Basket-Hilt Broadsword ("Mortuary Sword") by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Basket-Hilt Broadsword ("Mortuary Sword")

Unrecorded maker

hilt: c. 1640–50; blade: 1700s · Arms and Armor, steel, chiseled; inlaid gilt- silver foil; wood and wire grip

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Hanger (Hunting Sword) by Jaspar Bongen the Younger, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Hanger (Hunting Sword)

Jaspar Bongen the Younger

late 1600s · Arms and Armor, steel; gold and silver damascened hilt

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

Small Sword

Unrecorded maker

c. 1780 · Arms and Armor, forged steel blade; partially gilt and russet steel hilt; steel wire, leather bands, wood core

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

Court Sword

Unrecorded maker

c. 1790 · Arms and Armor, steel; silver hilt, polished and faceted; blade partially blued and gilded

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Sword by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sword

Unrecorded maker

1400s · Arms and Armor, steel; wood and leather grip

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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

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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

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

Small Sword

Unrecorded maker

c. 1770 · Arms and Armor, steel, gilt-brass, porcelain grip

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Hilt from a Court Sword by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Hilt from a Court Sword

Unrecorded maker

c. 1790–1800 · Arms and Armor, polished steel, pierced and inset with faceted steel beads

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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

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Sword by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sword

Unrecorded maker

c.1550 · Arms and Armor, steel, hilt russetted, leather grip

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

Hunting Sword

Unrecorded maker

c. 1760–70 · Arms and Armor, steel; pierced and chiseled cast-iron hilt ; blade engraved

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