Collection Highlights
Contraband Camp -- Harper's Ferry, VA
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.065.815.7
Medium:
Stereograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sword and scabbard
Object Number:
1951.388a-c
Date:
1907
Medium:
Steel, silver, bone, gilding; aluminum; leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 38 5/8 x 5 x 4 in. ( 98.1 x 12.7 x 10.2 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on scabbard: "PRESENTED TO / 1st Lieut. Nicholas Engel / CO. C. 7TH REGIMENT, N.G.N.Y. / by Captain John W. McDougall / IN APPRECIATION OF LONG AND / FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THIS COMPANY / JANUARY 19TH 1907"
gilding: on obverse of blade: "U. S."
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Description:
Presentation sword with slightly curved, single-edged steel blade with half-width fuller and gilded decoration on obverse and reverse; "U.S." framed by elaborate scroll motifs on obverse of blade, and eagle insignia framed by similar motifs on reverse; silver half-basket hilt with three curved branches with scrolled ends on obverse side; bone grip with carved finger grooves; eagle head pommel with end of knuckle-bow in open beak; metal (aluminum?) scabbard with asymmetrical drag and two carrying rings attached to bands with oak leaf and acorn design in relief framing inscription; leather accessory (c) now detached.
Gallery Label:
This sword is identified as an officer's saber in the accession records.
Credit Line:
Gift of the 7th Regiment, National Guard New York, through Major Kenneth Miller
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
