Smallsword
John Bland
ca. 1780–85 · Gold, steel · Arms and Armor
This unusual Neoclassical hilt combines fashionable cut-steel beads with panels of blued and gold-encrusted steel. It is attributed to the London sword-cutler John Bland, who retailed several hilts of similar workmanship.
- Artist
- John Bland
- Date
- ca. 1780–85
- Medium
- Gold, steel
- Culture
- British, probably London
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Gift of Jean Jacques Reubell, in memory of his mother, Julia C. Coster, and of his wife, Adeline E. Post, both of New York City, 1926
