French Dueling Sword

Item

Title

French Dueling Sword

Subject

Coulaux & Cie [company]

Dueling Swords—French

Description

Sharp French dueling sword. Shagreen grip with one strand of twisted piano wire and two single, untwisted steel strands. Clamshell guard dished in shape with decorative perforations. Octagonally faceted pommel. Lightly inscribed or worn "Coulaux & Cie Klingenthan" maker's mark on blade forte. Brown leather pad added by owner.

Publisher

Fencing Arms & Artifacts

Rights

CC BY-NC 4.0

Extent

Steel, steel wire, wood, shagreen, leather. Overall length: 42.25 in. Blade 34.25 in. long, .625 in. wide at forte. Guard 4 in. height, 3.25 in. width. Grip 5.625 in. long, 2.75 in. circumference at middle. Pommel 2.125 in. long, 1 in. diameter at widest. Weight 392 grams.

Type

Fencing sword

Identifier

2019.03.002

Provenance

Loaned for digitization by Eric Haas

Digitized by Benjamin Bowles

Cataloged by Benjamin Bowles