Caption

16th-century sword hilt; drawing sketch, irregular dimensions glued with the upper edge on brown cardboard; drawing: height 20.9 cm, width 10.5 cm; cardboard: height 34.9 cm, width 24.9 cm; materials: drawing on cardboard; date: 1830–1884; maker/illustrator: Aleksander Lesser 1814–1884; related name: Emilian Lesser 1848–1912; related name: Wiktor Stanislaw Zygmunt Lesser 1853–1935; subject: militaria, weapons, swords; function: edged-weapon study; place of origin: unknown., A vertical pencil sketch of a dagger handle and partial sheath cut out and pasted onto brown textured paper, showing a handle with a bulbous pommel, a narrow midsection with rope-like bands, a crossguard with flared ends, decorative rings and chains wrapped around the grip, and a partially visible scabbard with crisscross lacing; visible colors are beige or off-white for the cutout paper, light gray pencil marks, and brown for the background paper.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A33_082

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40.0Mb (1.5Mb) / 9.0in x 17.2in / 2708 x 5167 (300dpi)

Keywords

16th-century sword hilt drawing sketch irregular dimensions glued upper edge brown cardboard drawing height 20.9 cm width 10.5 cm cardboard 34.9 cm width 24.9 cm materials date 1830–1884 maker illustrator Aleksander Lesser 1814–1884 related name Emilian Lesser 1848–1912 Wiktor Stanislaw Zygmunt Lesser 1853–1935 subject militaria weapons swords function edged-weapon study place origin unknown vertical pencil sketch dagger handle partial sheath cut pasted brown textured paper showing handle bulbous pommel narrow midsection rope- bands crossguard flared ends decorative rings chains wrapped grip partially visible scabbard crisscross lacing visible colors beige off-white cutout paper light gray pencil marks brown background paper.