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Description: | sword-stick; rattan cane; steel blade; silver band, ivory cylindrical handle turned in imitation of bamboo; steel blade of tapering lozenge section and sharply pointed, blunt edges, etched with scrolling leaves and strapwork; sprung catch operated by a button on the outside of the handle; the rattan stick partially hollowed out as scabbard; plain silver band; brass ferrule
Condition: this sword sitck is 'made-up', probably between 1900 and 1940; the handle and blade are old, probably circa 1820-1860; the stick is crudely made and the silver band is probably from a walking-stick of circa 1860-1875; it is badly fitting and on upside down; handle very worn and cracked; ferrule very worn,
Accession number: NCMG 2006-305 | Subjects: | carried accessories | Temporal: | 1900-1940 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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