Collection Highlights
Politicians measuring Lincoln's shoes
Date:
March 5th 1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.Politicians
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sword and scabbard
Object Number:
1923.69a-c
Date:
1819-1829
Medium:
Steel, brass, ivory, gilding; leather, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 38 x 5 x 2 in. ( 96.5 x 12.7 x 5.1 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on back of blade: "Sold by C. & J. D. Wolfe New York"
Description:
Sword with curved, single-edged steel blade with broad fuller; gilded brass counter-guard and knuckle-bow with openwork design, the latter also with molded eagle (or phoenix) and leaf decoration; carved ivory grip with spiraling grooves and ridges; gilded brass eagle head pommel; leather scabbard (now in two pieces, b-c) with two brass carrying rings and tip.
Gallery Label:
This sword is identified as a U.S. Cavalry saber in the accession records. This identification was based on an illustration in Smithsonian Institution Bulletin No. 163 (p. 24).
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles M. Lefferts
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
