Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - The lowly (?) briquet, a story of resolution

Bryce · 30th September 2020, 10:10 PM

G'day Jim,
Apart from the references you cited I haven't found any convincing evidence that these briquets were used by British royal artillery gunners. There is plenty of evidence that they were using the "Spanish" pattern sword, which has a straight blade from around 1800 - 1820. A quick search of the internet throws up numerous examples with British maker marks from this time period. There is a good article by Henry Yallop on the Royal Armouries site here:

https://collections.royalarmouries.o...ative-498.html

Perhaps they may have used the briquet earlier than this? I think you would need to find a clearly British marked example to convince me.
Cheers,
Bryce

30th September 2020, 10:10 PM	#30
Bryce Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: North Queensland, Australia Posts: 174	G'day Jim, Apart from the references you cited I haven't found any convincing evidence that these briquets were used by British royal artillery gunners. There is plenty of evidence that they were using the "Spanish" pattern sword, which has a straight blade from around 1800 - 1820. A quick search of the internet throws up numerous examples with British maker marks from this time period. There is a good article by Henry Yallop on the Royal Armouries site here: https://collections.royalarmouries.o...ative-498.html Perhaps they may have used the briquet earlier than this? I think you would need to find a clearly British marked example to convince me. Cheers, Bryce