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[edit]Sword
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| Artist |
Bradys |
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| Title |
Sword |
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| Object type | Classification: 72207 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
English: Sword, Infantry Officer, Pattern 1796 and leather scabbard; belonged to Captain Robert Jocelyn Phillips and was used by him in the Peninsular Wars blue and gilt blade; gilt brass hilt mounts, hinged shells; silver wire grips; black leather scabbard, brass fittings markings on blade- engraved- "WARRANTED", royal cipher George III, and mottoes markings on scabbard- "BRADYS DAME ST, DUBLIN" |
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| Date | Napoleonic Wars-wars; 1808-1814; 31 Oct 1967; 1967; Circa 1808 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1967.189 |
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| Place of creation | Andorra; Ireland (Eire); Dublin; Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | sword and leather scabbard; belonged to Captain Robert Jocelyn Phillips and was used by him in the Peninsular Wars Part of collection associated with family of Robert Phillips and Jane Phillips (nee Bellingham) of Matakana and their children William H Phillips and Lucy Phillips, who can to New Zealand in 1861 note- very common sword ref. Robson fig. 115 and 116 pp 108-109 blade length and width- 32in x 1in blade type- identical with Infantry Officer 1786 (fig 114)- so-called ‘spadroon’, with flat back, single wide fuller to within 1 inch of spear point, single-edged. Guard- Gilt brass with two kidney-shaped shells. Note- the left-hand shell is hinged to fold downwards. Note the typical leaf decoration of the shells. Hilt mounts- gilt brass; pommel decorated with acanthus leaves. Grip- wood bound with silver wire. Scabbard- identical with Infantry Officer, Pattern 1786 fig. 114 - the normal scabbard was of black leather with locket, band and chape of the same metal as the hilt. Note- The blade was usually blued and gilt or decorated with line engraving. Sword, Infantry Officer, Pattern 1796, British Ref. Robson, pp106- The history of the regulation sword of the British Army can properly be said to begin in 1786 when infantry officers were ordered to lay aside the spontoon and to arm themselves with a fighting sword. Before 1786, the true symbol of authority of the infantry officer was the spontoon, a staff-weapon of the half-pike variety, similar in form to the partizan carried by the Yeomen of the guard. It had little value as a fighting weapon but as a mark of authority it was highly distinctive. It is believed that the experience of the American War of Independence (1776-1783) may have precipitated the abolition of the spontoon. This happened in 1786 when the Adjutant-General issued the order that did away with the spontoon and substituted the sword in its place. The primary element of standardisation of the Pattern 1786 sword was the blade - it was intended as a fighting sword, but its hilt was found to be flimsy and gave only minimal protection to the hand. A new pattern of infantry officer’s hilt was introduced in 1796. The Pattern 1796 sword was essentially the Pattern 1786 blade with a new hilt, and was similar to the civilian small sword of the middle and late eighteenth century. As a fighting sword it was scarcely any improvement on its predecessor, but it remained in use for nearly twenty five years and is among the commonest of British military swords. A high proportion of all existing blades are marked - J.J. Runkel, Solingen. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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