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| inventarisnummer | WPN1421
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| collectie | Edged Weapons
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| museum | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
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| datum | circa 1832
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| omschrijving | Brazilian sword. Hilt consists of a gilt brass- solid half-basket guard with a raised crown over a foul anchor badge within an oval. The remainder of the guard is covered with embossed foliage and flowers. A unpierced folding flap is fitted to the reversed edge and two circular holes are drilled near the top of the grip to take a swordknot (missing). The short quillon ends in an upturned disc finial. The lion's-head pommel has a short mane but the rest of the back-piece is plain. There is a straighted ferrule at the top of the grip. The grip is of white fish-skin bound with two copper wires.
The blade is a slightly curved- single-edged- pipe-back with a pronounced false edge to a spear point. There is a lightly etched panel each side. Inscribed on the obverse is the Brazilian Imperial crown over a foul anchor- the upper and lower extremities of the panel on which the device is shown are scrolled and end in a chevron. On the reverse- on a similarly decorated panel- are the arms of Brazil (variant from the arms introduced in 1822) with the crown above- encircled by a wreath of tobacco and coffee sprays- below the arms- the inscription 'VIVA IMPERADOR'. The arms ensigned with the badge of an order. There is a black leather scabbard with two gilt brass lockets- each with a ring- and a gilt brass chape with a small shoe. Decoration of the mounts consists solely of two groups of four engraved threads on each piece.
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| afmetingen | Overall: 70 x 835 x 105 mm
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