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Woodstock small-sword and chatelaine (© Oxfordshire Museum)
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© Oxfordshire Museum

Woodstock small-sword and chatelaine

Artist: British

Location: Oxfordshire Museum

Date: 1775 - 1780

Materials: steel and lacquered parchment

Grant:

Amount Paid: £1,000 (Total: £2,500)

Vendor: C F Seidler

Review number: 4728 (1999)

Provenance:
Purchased by vendor in Spink/Christie's Militaria sale on 1998. Early provenance not known.

Description:
Dress sword in lacquered parchment scabbard together with chatelaine. Hilt, scabbard and chatelaine chain decorated with Woodstock steel rivets.

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