18th Century Material Culture

Small Swords

English
Small Swords

English Silver Hilted Small Sword of Edmund Freeman from Eastham, Massachusetts
c. 1707
(Fort Ticonderoga)

English Silver Hilted Small Sword

Hallmarked 1747 - 1748
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

American or English Silver Hilted Small Sword

c. 1750
(Sailor in Saddle)

Silver Hilted Small Sword

18th Century
(Fort Ticonderoga)

English Silver Hilted Small Sword Presented to Major General Nathaniel Greene in 1781
c. 1765 - 1770
(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)

English Silver Hilted Small Sword Presented to Major General Nathaniel Greene in 1781
c. 1765 - 1770
(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)

English Silver Hilted Small Sword

c. Late 18th Century
(Bonhams - William H. Guthman Collection)

English Infantry
Small Swords

English Infantry Smallsword Hanger

c. 1720 - 1750
(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)

English Infantry Smallsword Hanger

c. 1720 - 1750
(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)

American
Small Swords

American Silver-Hilted Small Sword from Massachusetts

by Thomas Edwards of Boston, 1701 - 1755
(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)

American Silver-Hilted Small Sword from Massachusetts

by Thomas Edwards of Boston, 1701 - 1755
(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)

American Silver-Hilted Small Sword from Massachusetts

by Thomas Edwards of Boston, 1701 - 1755
(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)

American Silver-Hilted Small Sword from Massachusetts

by Thomas Edwards of Boston, 1701 - 1755
(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)

American Silver-Hilted Small Sword

by Robert Fairchild of Stratford and Durham, Connecticut c. 1730

American Silver-Hilted Small Sword

by Bartholomew Schaats of New York c. 1730 - 1740

American Silver-Hilted Small Sword

by William Little of Newburyport, Massachusetts c. 1730

American Silver-Hilted Small Sword with Colichemarde Blade Owned by Captain William Robeson of Newport, Delaware
by John Stow c. 1775
(Delaware Historical Society)

American Silver-Hilted Small Sword with Colichemarde Blade Owned by Captain William Robeson of Newport, Delaware
by John Stow c. 1775
(Delaware Historical Society)

American Silver-Hilted Small Sword with Colichemarde Blade Owned by Captain William Robeson of Newport, Delaware
by John Stow c. 1775
(Delaware Historical Society)

Cut Steel Small Sword Marked God Bless the Province of Carolina
c. 2nd Half 18th Century
(Bonhams - William H. Guthman Collection)

French
Small Swords

French Model 1767 Ocers Small Sword

c. 1767 - 1780
(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)

Court Sword Worn by Benjamin Franklin While in France

c. 1775
(The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Court Sword Worn by Benjamin Franklin While in France

c. 1775
(The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Court Sword Worn by Benjamin Franklin While in France

c. 1775
(The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

French Brass Hilted Small Sword with Colichemarde Blade

18th Century
(Estate of Tom Wnuck of Rochester, New York)

French Brass Hilted Small Sword

18th Century
(Estate of Tom Wnuck of Rochester, New York)

French Manufacture Small Sword of Colonel Marinus Willett

Awarded by the Continental Congress in 1785 or 1786
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

European
Small Swords

European Silver Hilted Small Sword

Late 17th Century
(Estate of Tom Wnuck of Rochester, New York)

European Silver Hilted Small Sword

Late 17th Century
(Estate of Tom Wnuck of Rochester, New York)

European Silver Hilted Small Sword

18th Century
(Estate of Tom Wnuck of Rochester, New York)

European Silver Hilted Small Sword

18th Century
(Estate of Tom Wnuck of Rochester, New York)

European Silver Hilted Small Sword

18th Century
(Estate of Tom Wnuck of Rochester, New York)

Silver Hilted European Small Sword with Gold Overlay Colichemarde Blade
18th Century
(Estate of Tom Wnuck of Rochester, New York)

Steel Hilted Mourning Sword

18th Century
(Estate of Tom Wnuck of Rochester, New York)

European Brass Hilted Small Sword

18th Century
(Estate of Tom Wnuck of Rochester, New York)

Continental Silver Hilted Small Sword Engraved JP / Liberty or Death

c. 2nd Half 18th Century
(Bonhams - William H. Guthman Collection)

European Small Sword

18th Century
(Bonhams - William H. Guthman Collection)

European Silver Hilted Small Sword

c. Mid 18th Century
(Bonhams - William H. Guthman Collection)

Continental Brass Hilted Small Sword

18th Century
(Bonhams - William H. Guthman Collection)

European Bone Grip Small Sword

18th Century
(Private Collection)

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