Sword (cut steel)

Matthew Boulton (1728 - 1809)

Soho House

1780

The hilt is of cut steel by Matthew Boulton, and is set with ceramic medallions by Josiah Wedgewood, the blade is probably imported from a Solingen workshop or supplied by a German worker in London.

• Artists Include:
• Josiah Wedgwood

• Medium: cut steel, jasper, blued and gilt steel blade
• Dimensions: 94 x 12 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £6000 ( Total: £12,925)
• ArtFunded in: 1997
• Vendor: Hotspur Ltd

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