George III Dragon-Head Spadroon

Jerseyman · 15th September 2023, 06:35 PM

Thank you everyone for the thought-provoking information and opinions. The possible Dutch angle hadn't occurred to me and is something I'll look into with interest. I think there may well be something in the civilian gentleman angle. I do have smallswords with similar pommels. I don't have this spadroon to hand but as I remember there are no engravings on the blade. I'll have to dig into Aylward and see what correlations I can find.

Hotspur · 16th September 2023, 10:57 AM

My feelings are that the sword is of the 1755><1770 range and the rayskin original, probably with a silver or silver wash copper tape (with no wire) and a silver Turks head at the pommel.

Cheers
GC

15th September 2023, 06:35 PM	#1
Jerseyman Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 97	Thank you everyone for the thought-provoking information and opinions. The possible Dutch angle hadn't occurred to me and is something I'll look into with interest. I think there may well be something in the civilian gentleman angle. I do have smallswords with similar pommels. I don't have this spadroon to hand but as I remember there are no engravings on the blade. I'll have to dig into Aylward and see what correlations I can find.

16th September 2023, 10:57 AM	#2
Hotspur Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Nipmuc USA Posts: 491	My feelings are that the sword is of the 1755><1770 range and the rayskin original, probably with a silver or silver wash copper tape (with no wire) and a silver Turks head at the pommel. Cheers GC