Caption

Sword hilt from the 13th century, drawing on tracing paper glued over the entire surface to cardboard card glued with its upper edge to a brown-toned backing, drawing; height 17.9 cm, width 11.6 cm; card: height 18.7 cm, width 12.2 cm; cardboard: height 34.7 cm, width 24.9 cm; materials: drawing, tracing paper, cardboard; subject: militaria, weapons, edged weapons, swords; date: 1830–1884; maker/attribution: Lesser, Alexander 1814–1884 illustrator; provenance: gift., The image shows a detailed black ink drawing of the upper portion of a decorative sword and its scabbard on a beige paper background; the sword handle has an ornate rounded pommel with intricate swirling patterns and a long grip covered in a diamond pattern with small floral motifs, and a crossguard with curled decorative ends. The scabbard is vertically positioned with multiple oval and shield-shaped raised decorations and a floral motif near its lower end, and a horizontal decorative strap with engraved patterns is attached to it. The visible colors are beige for the paper, black for the drawing lines, and a bit of faded reddish ink in the upper corner.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A33_068

License type

Rights managed

Available size

38.7Mb (1.5Mb) / 9.9in x 15.2in / 2966 x 4556 (300dpi)

Keywords

Sword hilt 13th century drawing tracing paper glued entire surface cardboard card glued upper edge brown-toned backing height 17.9 cm width 11.6 cm card height 18.7 cm width 12.2 cm cardboard 34.7 cm width 24.9 cm materials tracing paper subject militaria weapons edged weapons swords date 1830–1884 maker attribution Lesser Alexander 1814–1884 illustrator provenance gift image detailed black ink drawing upper portion decorative sword scabbard beige paper background sword handle ornate rounded pommel intricate swirling patterns long grip covered diamond pattern small floral motifs crossguard curled decorative ends vertically positioned multiple oval shield-shaped raised decorations floral motif near lower horizontal decorative strap engraved patterns attached visible colors beige paper black drawing lines bit faded reddish ink upper corner.