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Sword (cut steel) (© Soho House)
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© 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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