Collection Highlights
Astor House
Date:
ca.1853-1859
Object Number:
PR.020.65.1
Medium:
Wood Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sword w/scabbard
Object Number:
1956.92ab
Date:
1907-1909
Medium:
Steel, brass, gilding; leather, brass, gilding
Dimensions:
Overall: 35 1/2 x 4 1/4 x 1 in. ( 90.2 x 10.8 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Dress sword with straight, double-edged steel blade which is elliptical in cross section; gilded brass hilt cast in three pieces: counter-guard, pommel, and knuckle-bow and grip; crescent-shaped counter-guard on obverse side, with openwork crest with two-headed bird at center; quillon with molded leaf decoration and ball finial; grip wrapped with twisted wire; urn-shaped pommel; leather scabbard with gilded brass throat and tip, the former with elongated frog stud.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this sword was part of the uniform worn by Colonel Montgomery Schuyler (1877-1955) as Councillor of the U.S. Embassy in St. Petersburg, Russia, from 1907 to 1909. The emblem represented on the counter-guard is apparently the Russian royal crest. Colonel Schuyler's uniform coat are trousers are also in the N-YHS Collection (1956.91ab).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Schuyler
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
