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Carrier for a smallsword
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Carrier for a smallsword

Date1700s
Mediumsteel
Dimensions7 × 12 cm (2 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.), 2 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.423
ProvenancePurchased by John W. Higgins on May 27, 1930 from Louis R. Bachereau, Paris, France. Given to the Museum on January 8, 1947. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
On View
Not on view
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about 1700–1725
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French
1722–1726
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French
about 1775–1780
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French
late 1600s–early 1700s
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John Robins
1771–1775
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German
about 1770
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Poncet
1779–1780
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German
about 1725–1750
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German
about 1750–1760
Smallsword
Matthew Boulton
about 1790