Collection Highlights
Tammany Bank
Date:
ca. 1875
Object Number:
1937.1237
Medium:
Iron, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sword w/scabbard
Object Number:
1922.2ab
Date:
1862
Medium:
Steel, brass, leather; leather, brass
Dimensions:
Overall (sword): 32 x 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (81.3 x 12.1 x 9.5 cm)
Marks:
stamped: on obverse side of blade below hilt: "U.S.N. / DR / 1862"
stamped: on reverse side of blade below hilt: "Made by / AMES MFG. . . . / CHICOPEE / MASS"
stamped: on stabbard: "24M / 279"
Description:
Naval cutlass with slightly curved, single-edged steel blade with broad fuller; half-basket guard made of unperforated sheet brass riveted to cast brass knuckle-bow and counter-guard; grip covered in leather and originally wrapped with wire; helmet-shaped pommel without surface decoration; leather scabbard (now in fragments) with riveted back seam and circular frog stud, with fragment with frog stud joined to leather holster.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this cutlass was picked up at Fort Fisher by Aaron Conklin the morning after General Terry's January 15, 1865, attack.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. A. Eaton
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
