
Epee du sacre des rois de France
Composite, 10th to 19th century · Gold with filigree work
Armour, blades, clocks and musical instruments. 42 artworks recorded, across 3 kinds, each with a cited chain of ownership.

Composite, 10th to 19th century · Gold with filigree work

Traditionally dated to the Eien era, 987-989, during the... · Forged and folded steel
Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo

1711 · Maple
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on view in Gallery 684

c. 1510-15 · Fluted steel with leather straps and a mail...
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

Late Kamakura period, first half of the fourteenth century · Forged and folded steel

1732 · Carved spruce top
University of California, Los Angeles, Herb Alpert School of...

1770 · Silver
Science Museum, London, Clockmakers' Museum gallery

c. 1695 · Wood case and soundboard
Musical Instruments Museum

c. 1773 · Chased and repousse silver over an iron and...
The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham, England

dated 1549 · Steel
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Arms and Armor...

1579 · Case
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gallery 520

1688 · Spruce top
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History
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