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Sword
Manufacturer
Pierre Guillaume Knecht
Marks or Labels"EMJ" (Étienne Joseph MacDonald) monogramme sur la garde (remplace un fleur-de-lys ?), "P. Knechet" sur le ricasso.
Date
About 1810
Medium / Technique
Metal: steel, brass; wood; skin: leather; shell: mother-of-pearl
DimensionsHeight: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.)
Weight: 0.8 kg (1.8 lb.)
Width: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.)
Length: 93.8 cm (36 15/16 in.)
Origin
Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; France, Europe
Object Number1992.24 ab
CollectionStewart
Status
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