European Smallswords Collection
May 2026
These objects are all smallswords or small swords, a type of light thrusting sword that became fashionable civilian wear across Europe from the 17th to 18th centuries.
49 objects · 4 institutions
Ceremonial Sword
Rijksmuseum
c. 1650
Child's Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
c 1780
Child's Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
c 1780
Composite Dagger
Art Institute of Chicago
Grip (formally a mirror handle): Turkish, 16th century Crossguard: Turkish, 19th century Blade: European, probablly Spanish, late 16th–early 17th century
Composite Smallsword and Scabbard
Art Institute of Chicago
Hilt: c. 1650/60; blade: 1750/60
Court Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
Hilt from a Court Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
Military Smallsword and Scabbard of a Member of the British Royal Family
Art Institute of Chicago
1787/91
Miniature Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
500–450 BCE
Scarf Sword
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1660
Small Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1770
Small Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1650–70
Small Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
c.1770–80
Small Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1730
Small Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1720–60
Small Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s
Small Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1650
Small Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1650–60
Small Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1750–1770
Small Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
Small Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
late 1600s
Small Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
1640–60
Small Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
Small Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
c.1750–60
Small Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1700
Small Sword for a Boy
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1650–1680
Small Sword with Masks and Figures
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1660–80
Small-Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1790–1800
Smallsword
Art Institute of Chicago
1770/80
Smallsword
Art Institute of Chicago
1740/50
Smallsword
Art Institute of Chicago
1670/80
Smallsword
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1650/60
Smallsword
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1730
Smallsword
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1760
Smallsword
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1640/60
Smallsword
Art Institute of Chicago
Crossguard and Pommel: c. 1650 Blade: early 18th century Grip: c. 1550
Smallsword
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1770
Smallsword Carrier
Art Institute of Chicago
1770/1800
Smallsword Carrier
Art Institute of Chicago
1770/1800
Smallsword and Scabbard
Art Institute of Chicago
Smallsword and Scabbard
Art Institute of Chicago
1770/80
Smallsword and Scabbard
Art Institute of Chicago
1744/45
Smallsword for a Child
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1670
Smallsword with Portraits of Monarchs from the Bourbon Dynasty
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1770/80
Smallsword with Scabbard
Metropolitan Museum of Art
hallmarked for 1785–86
Sword
Metropolitan Museum of Art
possibly ca. 1500
Sword Pommel
Art Institute of Chicago
late 16th century
Sword of Service and Scabbard
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1810
Sword of Winthrop Sargent (1753-1820), First Governor of Northwest Territories
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1800/10