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Fencing foil

ca. 1840

Place madeKlingenthal, France, Europe

Steel, brass, wood, leather, gilding

Overall: 40 7/8 x 4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 103.8 x 10.2 x 7 cm )

Bequest of Henry A. Ogden

1936.804b

DescriptionFencing foil with narrow, evenly tapered rectangular blade with ball tip; biloded gilded brass counter-guard with leather lining and pieces of armor and weaponry incorporated into openwork design; rectangular wooden grip wound with twine and covered in leather, then wrapped with twisted wire; gilded brass pommel in the form of a conventionalized helmet.

Markingsstamped: on one side of blade: "COULAUX & CIE", "4", and two impressions of a mark consisting of an axis with "K" inside a diamond shape at center and a crown at either end stamped: on opposite side of blade: "[KLINGE]NTHAL", a crown, and two partial impression of mark described above

ClassificationsMILITARY TOOLS & EQUIPMENT: SWORD