Collection Highlights
View from Cozzen's Hotel Near West Point, N.Y.
Date:
1863
Object Number:
S-189
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sword w/scabbard
Object Number:
1946.319ab
Date:
1863
Medium:
Steel, brass, leather; steel
Dimensions:
Overall: 43 1/8 x 4 3/4 x 4 in. ( 109.5 x 12.1 x 10.2 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on ricasso (obverse side): "U.S. / 1863"
stamped: on ricasso (reverse side): "C. ROBY. . . / W. CHELMSFORD"
Description:
Saber with curved, single-edged steel blade with two fullers, one broad and one narrow; brass half-basket hilt with two branches on obverse side; leather-covered grip with ridges wrapped with twisted wire; helmet-shaped pommel without surface decoration; steel scabbard with two carrying rings and asymmetrical drag.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this saber was used by the donor's father in the Civil War.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Richard H. Gosman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
