Collection Highlights
Stained glass window
Date:
ca. 1656
Object Number:
1951.414b
Medium:
Glass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sword, sheath and holster
Object Number:
1941.1163a-c
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Steel, brass; leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 3/8 x 4 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 77.2 x 12.1 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Sword with slightly curved, single-edged steel blade and brass stirrup hilt cast in one piece; reverse P-type knuckle bow; short quillon with disk finial; parallel lines molded or incised on grip; leather sheath with riveted back seam fits into slot in leather holster designed to be worn on waist belt.
Credit Line:
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
