1592999394000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-19123 1747160052440 1714464916000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-19123 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/19123 a120f88f-27f7-31d5-8a1d-0d1686c328e1 10 person reference agent-152774 adlib-agent-152774 de99f35f-cc87-3d6f-95a7-70a6d0601039 putti reference term-86575 adlib-term-86575 5649d0d3-83e1-34de-a436-f231b1f04c9b weapons reference term-108941 adlib-term-108941 bda2218a-91c2-3b79-99c1-49e47cc3aff1 J.S. Henderson gold reference term-30061 adlib-term-30061 d24460a7-c388-3a13-8dad-66b897871303 thread Stitching wire reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver wire reference term-40335 adlib-term-40335 80b8ec5a-ae92-3ae0-8967-f2a28e1658d4 brass (alloy) Grip reference term-32234 adlib-term-32234 96ff7097-33c1-398e-891e-22b7705b69fe wood (plant material) reference term-40902 adlib-term-40902 ec39a220-e629-3548-92f0-14937d5d3167 leather Scabbard reference term-39136 adlib-term-39136 12043b78-5c81-37bf-bdff-9ae151968b41 canvas Ricasso Sleeve reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Chape reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Scabbard Mounts reference term-40136 adlib-term-40136 28e1cd6e-7c25-339f-8cd2-2aaae536a0c5 steel Basket-guard reference term-40136 adlib-term-40136 28e1cd6e-7c25-339f-8cd2-2aaae536a0c5 steel Sword sword, cast, with incised, etched and high relief decoration reference term-26699 adlib-term-26699 a385eebb-7834-3204-a17f-d9c3cd15d9b8 casting (process) Length cm 99 Blade Width cm 3.5 Blade At Hilt Basket Guard reference term-120083 adlib-term-120083 744cf6df-d9ec-36e4-b585-daee7191fcc7 blackening Decoration reference term-98879 adlib-term-98879 a807b416-0933-32ec-ac29-34611d921ed9 relief reference term-99807 adlib-term-99807 6a23afb4-3d15-3ece-a1f8-29cd185df9ca etching Fuller reference term-26908 adlib-term-26908 93db4eba-7855-3a51-a5b6-3c0d8390f722 incising reference term-48502 adlib-term-48502 8f872a4d-277f-3ec2-a092-96f700d958b7 arms Applied Arts Large, silver-gilt, pommel of 'lat'o head' or shield-shaped form, showing on each face in high relief a trophy of arms surrounding a drum flanked by two prancing putti. Large, stout grip of oval section swelling towards the lower end, bound with alternating strands of brass and silver wire. Basket guard of steel, retaining its original blackened colour (of Schiavona type B in the Oakeshott typology of hilts). The roughly-chiselled troop-mask M:C + appears on the outside of one of the bars of the back-guards. The ricasso retains its original sleeve of canvas. This is stitched with gold thread in diagonal ribs with a looped and scalloped lower edge. Blade of flat oval section, with a short, shallow fuller at the forte. This fuller is outlined with incised lines, forming a panel which ends in a peaked final surmounted by a cross. There are marks, high under the sleeve on one side: E+. The original scabbard survives. This is made of slats of thin wood covered by leather, now black but once brown or red. There is a very elaborate chape of silver (once gilt?) elaborately decorated with pierced patterns surmounted by an Imperial double-headed eagle. Up from the chape, on each edge of the scabbard, is a gutter-shaped silver mount. The edges run two-thirds of the way up, and are secured at intervals by four transverse bands of silver, two of which are close together at the top. From the mouth of the scabbard, on the outside under the leather covering is a sharp ridge to hold the belt-fitting in place and to prevent it from slipping. HEN.M.296 & A-1933 1 accession number HEN.M.296 & A-1933 19123 priref 19123 previous owner's number old object number B347 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/19123 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/19123 under the sleeve of fuller inscribed E+ mark 296H tag reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum J.S. Henderson Bequest reference agent-154334 adlib-agent-154334 28c0c8e2-3ec7-3d3a-9e13-b60fa3a6b434 Henderson, James Stewart 1933 1933 1933-03-16 bequeathed Bequest no. B347 1770 1770 CE 1770 circa 1770 1790 1 1790 CE 1790 1790 production reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown Many of the Schiavona hilts have troop or actual numbers engraved upon one of the back-guards, as does the example here. Some confusion has arisen because two of the hilts (Royal Armouries at the Tower of London and in the Museum in Edinburgh) bear the numerals 1781 and 1780. They have always been assumed to be dates. However, a Schiavona sold at Christie's on April 14th, 1966 (lot 152) has the 'date' 1561. It also has the letters on the back-guard, M.C. as does the one in the Tower. It is not possible to believe that the 'date' of 1561 can apply to one of these late Schiavona hilts; but the matter is finally resolved by the fact that the 'date' on the Solingen sword is 1909. So these are clearly numbers, not dates. This is an outstanding example of a type of long cavalry sword used by Slavonic (hence its roriquet 'Schiavona') mercenary troops, often Hungarian, in the pay of the Venetian Republic. (For a full description of the swords, with a typological sequence, see Oakeshott, E. European Weapons and Armour, London, 1980). There are in Britain three similar swords in the same complete state of preservation - one in the Tower of London (Inv. No. IX-917), one in the Victoria and Albert Museum, and one in the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh, while a fourth is in the Khugenmuseum in Solingen. Though as complete, with their scabbards, none of these is as fine a specimen as the Fitzwilliam Museum's Schiavona. This type of basket-hilted sword was popular in Italy in the 16th and 17th centuries. It is based on the type of sword carried by Balkan mercenaries who formed the bodyguard of the Doge of Venice which consisted largely of Istrian and Dalmatian Slavs – called in Italy, schiavoni. It was also popular among the armies trading with Italy during the 17th century and widely used by the heavy cavalry and also with wealthy citizens who wore highly decorated examples as both a fashion accessory and a defensive weapon. reference term-106779 adlib-term-106779 f0706fcd-d94c-3987-bcb5-f7f794332b6a 18th Century, Late reference term-106518 adlib-term-106518 e3082340-b0d5-357a-ab15-283024f9bed7 literal Italy Italy country Venice Length cm 122 reference media-13988 adlib-media-13988 aa485e98-e22e-3c13-9628-008e2b4741c3 jpeg aa/aa25/HEN_M_296_2BA_1933_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 184 width pixels 760 1742580914099 1 image jpeg aa/aa25/mid_HEN_M_296_2BA_1933_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 121 width pixels 500 1742580914099 1 image jpeg aa/aa25/HEN_M_296_2BA_1933_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 184 width pixels 760 1742580914099 1 image jpeg aa/aa25/preview_HEN_M_296_2BA_1933_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 61 width pixels 250 1742580914099 1 image 0 media image reference media-13989 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Schiavona type B, p. 184, and for full discussion on these swords p. 184 reference publication-1870 adlib-publication-1870 adbddcc7-3cff-37b2-bbc3-dddf358adfd0 European Weapons and Armour object name reference term-109374 adlib-term-109374 b50babd4-ee46-3060-9888-0bbaea75defd drum object name reference term-109122 adlib-term-109122 2d413905-6462-38d9-a6ef-791755306b8e trophy animal reference term-101359 adlib-term-101359 2c95d36f-1100-3545-b900-fef1421f35cf eagle literal drum drum literal trophy trophy literal eagle eagle reference term-42208 adlib-term-42208 56bdf465-22ee-3b51-a8c4-fe4a29b1ca93 sword sword <value>Schiavona</value> object OBJECT