Collection Highlights
Artistic Houses: being a series of interior views of a number of the most beautiful and celebrated homes in the United States
Date:
1883 - 1884
Object Number:
PR.087.1.1.35.HURPAR
Medium:
Photogravure
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Hunting sword and scabbard
Object Number:
1968.23ab
Date:
1770-1800
Medium:
Steel, silver, bone; leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 31 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 1 in. ( 81 x 8.6 x 2.5 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on quillons (reverse side): "S[or B]", a 5-pointed star, "WK", and British Lion(?)
Description:
Hunting sword with curved, single-edged steel blade with two fullers, one full-length and one extending from hilt to beginning of false edge (8 1/4 inches from point); short silver cross quillons with striated piece at center and flat, striated finials, pierced on one side; carved bone grip with spiralling ridges and green and black coloration; narrow ferrule with diagonal striations at base of grip; domed oval pommel with capstan rivet and striations radiating from center of top; leather scabbard (missing mounts).
Credit Line:
Gift of Carl Otto von Kienbusch
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
