Collection Highlights
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931)
Date:
1924
Object Number:
1952.45
Medium:
Patinated plaster on a wooden base
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sword w/ scabbard
Object Number:
1941.1157ab
Date:
1830-1870
Medium:
Steel, brass; leather, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 26 x 4 x 1 in. ( 66 x 10.2 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Sword with broad, straight, double-edged steel blade with two quarter-width fullers running side-by-side down center of blade; brass hilt cast in one piece with cross quillons terminating in large disk finials with concentric circles molded in either side, grip with molded ridges, and oval pommel with capstan rivet; leather scabbard with brass throat with teardrop-shaped frog stud and brass tip with ball finial.
Gallery Label:
This type of sword, adopted for use by U.S. foot artillery and infantry in the 1830s, was based on a French pattern and resembled "the popular conception of a Roman infantry sword," according to Harold Peterson ("The American Sword, 1775-1945," p. 43). This particular example is identified as a foot artillery sword in the accession records.
Credit Line:
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
