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 w/scabbard
Object Number:
1963.153ab
Date:
1865-1890
Medium:
Steel, brass, paint; steel, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 1/2 x 4 3/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 87.6 x 11.1 x 6.4 cm )
Marks:
etched: on obverse of blade below hilt: "Shannon / Miller and Crane / New York"
etched: on obverse of blade, at center: "G. A. R."
Description:
Dress sword with straight, double-edged steel blade with etched designs on obverse and reverse; blade is diamond-shaped in cross section; brass hilt cast in three pieces; oval counter-guard on obverse side with crossed arms, an anchor, and the intertwined initials "GAR" molded in relief, cast in one piece with quillon and knuckle-bow; black painted grip wrapped with wire; pommel in the shape of a section of an inverted cone with an eagle molded on obverse side and a plain shield on the reverse; steel scabbard with brass mounts consisting of insert at throat, upper band with two carrying rings, middle band with one carrying ring, and symmetrical drag with crossed flags molded on obverse side and a single star on the reverse.
Gallery Label:
This sword is referred to in the accession records as "a Grand Army of the Republic dress sword." The donor believed that it was used by William M. Abbott, a "general in the Southern War."
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. C. Schultz
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
