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SWORD German, 1790
Hilt polished steel treated
en torsade. Guard of bilobate
form, irregular, developing
anterior process which
bends upward, forks and
straddles forward quillon;
edges of guard on blade
side roped. Double quillons
of plain steel with ends
opposed. Pas d'âne
of plain steel, the rear
loop functional. Grip
of steel en suite.
Blade double-edged with
median flattening, highly
polished; forte grooved
with nearly erased inscription:
CLEMENS WEYERSBERG FABRICANT
A SOLINGEN.
26.145.352 L.
106.5 (89) Wt.
639
Plate LII Reubell Benefaction
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GLASS SWORD French, 1770
Made by a glass blower
at Choisy-le-Roi. Gentilhommes
verriers still existed
in France in the time
of Louis XV: in exhibiting
their skill to the public
they would prepare toys
as this while the customer
waited. Hilt with round
grip en torsade.
Knuckle guard twisted
in central part, lower
portion flattened and
expanded to form slight
guard, whose tip drooped
to form a quillon. Upper
part of grip swells to
pommel, to which is added
rough pyramidal cap.
Blade two-edged, extreme
edges of red glass.
26.145.345 L.
99.5 (84) Wt.
550
Plate LII Reubell Benefaction
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COURT SWORD French, 1770
Hilt of massive gold carved
in strong relief with
late Louis XV motifs -
torsos, amorini, trophies,
scrolls. Guard of irregular
bilobate form. Pas
d'âne also in baroque.
Grip cast with hilt; on
left seated Athene wearing
crested helmet, with baton,
horse, cannon, sword,
banner; on right, Mars
seated, holding shield
with Medusa head.
Blade three-edged; etched
entire length in strapwork,
floral scrolls, medallions,
sun, moon, amorino.
Scabbard of white shagreen
over wood with fittings
of gold carved in low
relief en. suite;
two rings for suspension;
upper Terrule bears arms
of de Nesseirode family;
also crown with crest
of crowned lion rampant
and monogram of initials
D. L. w. c. (?); second
ferrule and chape with
flowers and scrolls; tip
of steel.
26.145.356 L.
97.5 (81) Wt.
426.5
Note : Said to have belonged
to Charles Robert, Count
de Nesseirode, 1780-1862;
Secretary of State of
Russia under Alexander
I and Nicholas I (1816-1856),
Chancellor (1844-1862),
signer of treaty of Paris,
member of Congress of
Vienna, etc. Unfortunately,
neither the initials nor
the period of the object
correspond.
Provenance: Mr. Reubell
obtained this sword from
the grandson of Count
Nesseirode.
Plate LIII Reubell Benefaction
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COURT SWORD French, 1780
Hilt iron, parcel-gilt,
fancifully chiseled in
relief and in the round
with late Louis XV motifs.
Guard oval, slightly cupped,
pointed: ornamented with
borders, masks, and radiating
bands in gilt; between
them flowering plants
in gold, silver, and copper
against blue background.
Ricasso sculptured as
corselet a l'antique through
whose armholes passes
the quillon formed as
silver sword: the quillon
terminal, in the form
of grotesque mask, becomes
thus the pommel of this
sword. The pas d'âne
now enter the design in
a complicated manner as
ribbon-like swags, one
of whose extremities is
attached to the mascaron
of the guard, the others
attached respectively
to the ricasso (from an
armhole of the corselet-like
ornament) and to the tip
of the quillon-sword,
where it touches the knuckle
guard. Along the back
of the quillonsword runs
the blued tube of a horn
which turns upward and
ends in a bell-shaped
mouth just below the middle
of knuckle guard, which
is formed as grotesque
gilded mask, which in
turn is attached to the
pommel by a design chiseled
as drooping chain. Grip
of iron gilded en suite,
carved in low relief as
a sheaf of polearms bound
by ribbon. Pommel blued
and gilded as helmeted
head.
Blade three-edged; forte
blued and gilded over
etched sprays and fleurs-de-lis;
at base a panel checquey
with square medallion
containing star.
Scabbard black leather
over wood; double ring
suspension; ferrules with
helmet, corselet, sword,
horn, robes, and flowers
against blued background
with gilded border.
26.145.336
L. 97.5 (82) Wt.
391.5
Plate LIV Reubell Benefaction
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COURT SWORD French (Paris),
1784
Hilt silver-gilt, chiseled
in low relief and in the
round with Louis XVI motifs,
medallions, masks, trophies,
festoons, fine acanthus
borders, background diapered.
Non-functional pas
d'âne formed by borders
and heads of serpents.
Ricasso as antique corselet
with lion heads at shoulders.
Quillon as battering-ram.
Knuckle guard with grotesque
mask at center and representation
of cord wrapped spirally.
Square grip of metal en
suite. Pommel as helmeted
head with elaborate panache
carved in the round. On
pas d'âne three hall marks:
date letter 1784; poinçon
de Jurande of Henri Clavel
(1780-1789); maker's mark
unidentified. These marks
repeated at base of grip.
On knuckle guard gold
stamp, decree of 1803.
Blade three-edged; at base
etched with trophy of
kettledrums and spears
in cartouche of strapwork
against hatched background;
inscribed: COULLIER SUCCESSEUR
DE MONSIEUR PICHON FOURBISSEUR
DE MSGR. LE COMTE D'ARTOIS
RUE ST. HONORE A LA VICTOIRE
A PARIS.
Scabbard of white shagreen
over wood; double ring
suspension; fittings en
suite. Upper ferrule
bears indecipherable hall
mark, probably stamp of
Henri Clavel (1780-1789).
26.145.320 L.
100.5 (83.5) Wt.
471
Plate LV Reubell Benefaction
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DRESS SWORD Spanish (Charles
III), 1775
Rare decadent form of
cup-hilted rapier; steel
cup guard carved in low
relief against punctate
gold background; on blade
side perforated with two
irregular holes and ornamented
with lateral medallion
enclosing trophy of arms
and surrounded by laurels
and scrolls; on hilt side
edges ornamented with
flowers and scrolls. Quillons
of plain steel, of reduced
length, with tips which
turn up and down, not
right and left, and are
reduced. Ricasso late
baroque scroll ornament.
No pas d'âne, but
cup of guard is sufficiently
deep to allow finger to
be placed in front of
quillon. Sides of guard
extend to quillons and
are slightly bifurcated
to enclose them. Right
anterior guard portion
develops process extending
up to middle of knuckle
guard - in the Neapolitan
manner. Grip of gold wire
alternately three strands
of fine and two of coarse
twisted wire. Pommel olive-shaped
with medallions en
suite.
Blade double-edged, with
median flattening, has
been remounted; shows
below guard and between
guard and ricasso of hilt
part of old groove of
original forte including
engraved letters, illegible
on left, but on right
Do-presumably from TOLEDO.
26.145.295
L. 101.5 (85.5) Wt.
511.5
Plate LVI Reubell Benefaction
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