Collection Highlights
Plan of the Central Park, New York : Entry No. 4 in the competition
Date:
March 20, 1858
Object Number:
PR.003.234
Medium:
Ink and colored washes
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
sword with scabbard
Object Number:
1953.150ab
Date:
1875-1950
Medium:
Steel, brass, fish skin; steel, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 40 5/8 x 4 1/4 x 3 1/8 in. ( 103.2 x 10.8 x 7.9 cm )
Marks:
etched: on obverse of blade: "U.S."
etched: on reverse of blade: "WARNOCK / UNIFORM / Co. / NEW YORK / N.Y." and "E PLURIBUS / UNUM" on banner below shield-breasted eagle
Description:
Sword with narrow, curved, single-edged steel blade with three-quarter length fuller half the width of the blade and etched designs on obverse and reverse; brass half-basket hilt with two branches on obverse side with molded leaf and berry motif and elliptical counter-guard with an eagle and thirteen stars molded in relief on top; grip covered in fish skin and wrapped with twisted wire; helmet-shaped pommel with molded shield and leaf and berry border; steel scabbard with narrow brass band at throat, brass carrying rings joined to upper and middle bands with molded leaf and berry motif, brass tip decorated with incised lines, and asymmetrical drag.
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.
