A 19th century German dress sword, with shagreen grip, basket…
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A 19th century German dress sword, with shagreen grip, basket hand guard and etched blade. Leather scabbard, maker W.R. Kirschbaum - Solingen. Length 105 cm
shagreen. Shagreen is the untanned smoothly pebbled textured skins of rays, sharks or dogfish. In finishing, it is dyed, mostly green, but the colour often fades to a cream colour. Shagreen was a popular material in Europe during the Art Deco era, when designers sought to mould the French tradition of luxury with exotic and precious materials. Most collectable items made from shagreen are smaller objects, like glasses cases, dagger and sword hilts, dressing accessories, boxes and picture frames.
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