Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
Date:
ca. 1780
Object Number:
1954.148
Medium:
Oak, leather, metal
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Luce Center
Sword belt
Object Number:
1926.63
Date:
1860-1865
Medium:
Leather, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 41 x 1 1/2 in. ( 104.1 x 3.8 cm )
Marks:
stamped: inside scroll on buckle: "EXCELSIOR"
Description:
Leather and brass sword belt; black leather with two S-link brass chains for sword scabbard fastened to hooks that suspend from belt, and octagonal brass slot at left end that fastens to corner-cut, rectangular brass buckle on right; slot has wreathed design and star on edges, and buckle has eagle in center flanked on both sides by cannons and flags, with rayed background above and stamped inscription inside scroll at top.
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this sword belt was worn by the donor's father, Fordham Morris, a lieutenant in the artillery brigade of the 5th Army Corps during the Civil War.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. R. Horace Gallatin
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
