Collection Highlights
Tammany Bank
Date:
ca. 1875
Object Number:
1937.1237
Medium:
Iron, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sword, scabbard and tassel
Object Number:
1941.1164ab
Date:
1862
Medium:
Steel, brass, leather, textile; steel
Dimensions:
Overall: 43 x 4 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 109.2 x 12.1 x 10.8 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on obverse of blade below hilt: "U.S. / 1862"
Description:
Saber with curved, single-edged steel blade with two fullers, one broad and one narrow; brass half-basket hilt with two sweeping branches joining oval counter-guard on obverse side; grip covered in leather and wrapped with twisted wire; helmet-shaped pommel without surface decoration; tassel on strip of gold metallic cloth tape attached to knuckle-bow; steel scabbard with two carrying rings and tip with drag (now broken).
Credit Line:
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
