© Soho House
Sword (cut steel)
Artist: Matthew Boulton (1728 - 1809), Josiah Wedgwood (1730 - 1795)
Location: Soho House
Date: 1780
Materials: cut steel, jasper, blued and gilt steel blade
Dimensions: 94 x 12 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £6,000 (Total: £12,925)
Vendor: Hotspur Ltd
Review number: 4404 (1997)
Description:
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.
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