Smallsword Hilt with Storage Case

Decorator Rundell, Bridge and Rundell British

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 376

Beaded steel hilts were an English specialty, beginning about 1775. This example retains its original fitted storage box, which would have been provided by the goldsmith or jeweler who sold it.

Smallsword Hilt with Storage Case, Rundell, Bridge and Rundell (British, London, active 1797–1843), Steel, wood, leather, silk, British, Birmingham or London

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Smallsword Hilt with Storage Case, Rundell, Bridge and Rundell (British, London, active 1797–1843), Steel, wood, leather, silk, British, Birmingham or London
Smallsword Hilt with Storage Case, Rundell, Bridge and Rundell (British, London, active 1797–1843), Steel, wood, leather, silk, British, Birmingham or London

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