Smallsword Hilt
Object type: Smallsword hilt
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: British, possibly Birmingham
Artist: Matthew Boulton|Josiah Wedgwood
Artist bio: British, Birmingham 1728–1809 Birmingham|British, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent 1730–1795 Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent
Artist role: Hilt Maker|Hilt Maker
Artist nationality: British|British
Date: ca. 1790
Medium: Steel, Wedgwood jasperware
Dimensions: L. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm); W. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Classification: Swords
Geography:  possibly Birmingham     
Credit line: Gift of Stephen V. Grancsay, 1942
Accession year: 1942