art-of-swords: Sabre with Scabbard and Carrying BeltDated: early 17th centuryCulture: PolishMedium:
art-of-swords: Sabre with Scabbard and Carrying BeltDated: early 17th centuryCulture: PolishMedium: steel, partly etched and gilt; gilt-silver, leather, wood, textile, semiprecious stonesMeasurements: weight of sword, 2 lb. 1 oz. (936 g); weight with scabbard, 4 lb. 4 oz. (1928 g); overall length, 37 ½ in. (95.2 cm); blade length, 31 ½ in. (80 cm); greatest width of blade, 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm); greatest thickness of blade, 5/16 in. (.8 cm)This is one of a series of twelve jewelled sabres 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 Wroclaw, Poland).Source: Copyright © 2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art -- source link