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DRESS SWORD Swedish, 1700-1725
Hilt of silvered metal
chiseled intaglio with
leaf motifs; on ricasso,
in low relief, on right,
Virgin and Child, on left,
saint with crucifix. -
On knuckle guard and pommel,
flowers. Grip of silvered
metal en torsade
with worming of twisted
silver wire.
Blade single-edged, hollow
ground, ridged back, etched
with floral sprays, busts,
and mottoes: left, PRO
ARIS ET FOCIS (For altars
and firesides), bust with
inscription MAXIMILIA
DGCOPAL RH VIRIUSQ BOI
ARIA DUXIS (Maximilianus,
Dei Gratia Comes Palatinus
Rheni Utriusque Boiaria
Dux Serinisimus-Maximilian,
by the Grace of God, Count
Palatine of the Rhine
and of both Bavarias
(page 16) [Upper
and Lower] most serene
Duke), and inscription
VINCERE AUT MORI. On right,
CONSTANTER ET SINCERE,
bust with inscription
GUSTAVE ADOLPHE DGS VECOR
GOII ET VANA REX (Gustavus
Adolphus, Dei Gratia Suevicorum
Gothorum et Vandalorum
Rex - Gustavus Adolphus,
by the Grace of God, King
of the Swedes, Goths and
Vandals), and inscription
FlDE SED CUI VIDE (Be
careful whom you trust).
It is noteworthy that
opposing leaders are here
pictured: Gustavus Adolphus,
champion of Protestantism,
and Maximilian of Bavaria,
protector of Catholics.
Blade dates about 1640.
Scabbard of russet calfskin
with belt hook and chape
of silvered metal, the
latter slightly chased;
no ferrule.
26.145.350  L.
106 (89) Wt.
729
Plate V Reubell Benefaction
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This and the five following
numbers may be described
as "in the Rhenish manner"They
date roundly 1690-1735.
 15.
DRESS SWORD Dutch (?),
End of XVII Century
Hilt of steel carved in
low relief against russet
background. Decoration
includes numerous Louis
XIV motifs - foliation,
swags, pearled borders,
personages, classical
and contemporary. Grip
of steel and brass wire,
each of alternately twisted
strands.
Blade of lozenged section;
at base in median groove
inscription: right, VAETIBRI
DENDINAM; left, MOX POS
CAV DIA FLEBIS.
14.25.1207
L. 97 (80.5) Wt.
453
Plate X Riggs Benefaction
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DRESS SWORD Dutch (?),
1700
Hilt blackened steel encrusted
with silver figures, bands,
and scrolls. On guard
each quarter contains
a large medallion and
a smaller one on the adjacent
outer border - the former
on blade side bearing
several figures in baroque
costume becoming the important
decor of the hilt.
Decorative borders of
pearls appear generally.
Grip bound with tinsel
and silver wire: (a) two
strands oppositely twisted
wire-wound wire, (b) fine
braided wire, (c) flat
tinsel strip, (d) same
as (b).
Blade double-edged with
median flattening; forte
with double grooves gilded
and etched; inscription
in each groove: ANTHONIO
PICHINIO; beside groove
appear scroll and edging
of strapwork against a
background hatched and
gilded.
26.145.267 L.
95.5 (78.5) Wt.
541.5
Plate XI Reubell Benefaction
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(page
17)
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DRESS SWORD French, 1700
Hilt russet steel chiseled
in low relief with mythological
scenes encrusted in gold,
surrounded by conventional
mascarons and scrolls
in carving, these ajouré.
Encrusted with gold are
also minor scattered ornaments,
husks, scrolls, foliation.
On guard oval medallions
surrounded by openwork:
(1) Apollo and Daphne,
(2) Bacchus and Ariadne,
or satyr and nymph, (3)
the rape of Proserpine,
(4) Pyramus and Thisbe.
Ricasso, left, Narcissus;
right, Actaeon. Quillon
as grotesque mask. Knuckle
guard, left, Diana; right,
Hercules. Pommel, left,
Orpheus; right, Glaucus
and Scylla. Grip of silver
wire: (a) two strands
large twisted wire, (b)
four strands small twisted
wire. Pommel flattened
globose; front and back
grotesque masks and openwork.
Blade three-edged; panel
at base etched with strapwork,
and in cartouche inscription:
DE LA FABRIQUE DE LA MARQUE
AU RAISIN A SOHLINGEN;
below cartouche in oval
punctate border bunch
of grapes with initials
GOC; above panel conventional
palmette.
26.145.330
L. 98 (82) Wt.
408.5
Plate XII Reubell Benefaction
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DRESS SWORD Dutch (English?),
1715
Hilt russet steel, encrusted
with gold in close and
fine design, and carved
in low relief, similar
to preceding, but not
ajouré. Amid foliate scrolls
appear Cupid and Psyche,
Bacchus and Ariadne, Venus,
Mars, Hercules, Antaeus,
Fortuna, Lucretia, Diana.
Grip enclosed in oppositely
twisted silver wire, large
and small.
Blade rounded lozenge section;
forte grooved and inscribed:
TOMAS ATALE. L.
2743.15 L.
94 (78) Wt.
547
Plate XIII Lent by Bashford
Dean
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MILITARY SWORD French,
1735
Hilt of blackened steel
enriched with raised-line
damascene of gold in trophied
medallions and floral
scrolls. Grip enclosed
in convex silvered tinsel,
bordered with strands
of twisted silvered wire,
two large and two small.
Blade colechimarde, three-edged,
with traces of engraved
scrolls, strapwork, arm
holding long dagger.
26.145.331 L.
97 (80.5) Wt.
468.5
Plate XIV Reubell Benefaction
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