Silver mounted hussar? sword for comment

ArmsAndAntiques · 5th February 2014, 08:05 PM

I would only add that the style of hilt and the steel ball decoration has corollaries in Imperial Russian work of the late 18th- early 19th C. If I remember right there may be at least one example of similar shape and form in the Imperial Russian sword book, "Russkoe Kholodnoie Oruzhie" by Alexander Kulinsky. However,I would say that the scabbard shape and style, in addition to the blade shape and style do not point to Russia, though the handle does... Could be a period "composite" in that a non-Russian blade was used in the composition of a Russian sword, which was quite common in Imperial Russian edged weaponry.

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5th February 2014, 08:05 PM	#1
ArmsAndAntiques Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 80	I would only add that the style of hilt and the steel ball decoration has corollaries in Imperial Russian work of the late 18th- early 19th C. If I remember right there may be at least one example of similar shape and form in the Imperial Russian sword book, "Russkoe Kholodnoie Oruzhie" by Alexander Kulinsky. However,I would say that the scabbard shape and style, in addition to the blade shape and style do not point to Russia, though the handle does... Could be a period "composite" in that a non-Russian blade was used in the composition of a Russian sword, which was quite common in Imperial Russian edged weaponry. Best LL