Collection Highlights
William Pitt, the Elder, First Earl of Chatham (1708-1778)
Date:
ca. 1770
Object Number:
1864.5
Medium:
Marble
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sword w/scabbard
Object Number:
1934.122ab
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Steel, brass, fish skin; leather, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 37 x 4 3/4 x 3 1/8 in. ( 94 x 12.1 x 7.9 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on throat of scabbard (obverse side): "Presented to / Lieut. Fred W. Mather / By Baty. 17th / N. Y. Arty."
stamped: on throat of scabbard (reverse side): "AMES MFG. CO. / CHICOPEE / MASS"
Description:
Presentation sword with slightly curved, single-edged steel blade with two fullers, one broad and one narrow, and etching on obverse and reverse (now faint); brass half-basket hilt with openwork flower and scroll design on obverse side and scroll quillon; grip covered in fish skin and wrapped with twisted wire; helmet-shaped pommel with leaf border; leather scabbard with brass mounts, including two carrying rings and tip with drag, and engraved inscription on throat.
Gallery Label:
This sword is referred to as a U.S. foot officer's sword in the accession records, an identification based on an illustration in Smithsonian Institution Bulletin No. 163 (p. 53).
Credit Line:
Gift of the New York Caledonian Club
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
