Jack Loomes
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Post by Jack Loomes on Feb 10, 2015 6:25:36 GMT
Early 17th centuryCulture: Polish Medium: Steel, partly etched and gilt; gilt-silver, leather, wood, textile, semiprecious stones Dimensions: L. 37 1/2 in. (95.2 cm); L. of blade, 31 1/2 in. (80 cm); Greatest width of blade, 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 1 oz. (936 g); Wt. with scabbard, 4 lb. 4 oz. (1928 g) Classification: Swords Credit Line: Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Funds from various donors, 1929 Accession Number: 29.158.716a, b On view in Gallery 373 This is one of a series of twelve jeweled sabers made in Hungarian style for use at the Saxon court in Dresden. These twelve swords are recorded as having had new wrist chains added in 1687 and as having been used again in 1709. This example bears what may be the mark of Georg Hoffmann (recorded 1586–1609), a goldsmith working in Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland). Source: www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/33998
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