Collection Highlights
Totius Neobelgii Nova Et Accuratissima Tabula
Date:
After 1674
Object Number:
LIB.NS4.M31.1.28
Medium:
Engraving, hand colored
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sword w/scabbard
Object Number:
1944.180ab
Date:
1863
Medium:
Steel, fish skin, brass; steel, silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 39 5/8 x 5 1/2 x 4 in. ( 100.6 x 14 x 10.2 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on reverse of blade below hilt: "COLLINS & CO. / HARTFORD / CONN. / 1863"
engraved: on plaque affixed to scabbard: "W. C. / August 4th 1864"
Description:
Sword with slightly curved, single-edged steel blade with three-quarter length fuller; steel half-basket hilt with two branches, one of which is forked, on obverse side and quillon with globular finial; grip covered in charcoal gray fish skin and wrapped with twisted brass wire; helmet-shaped pommel with backstrap extending to ferrule at base of grip; steel scabbard with two carrying rings and slightly asymmetrical drag; shield-shaped silver plaque with engraved inscription is mounted between carrying rings on obverse.
Gallery Label:
The monogram of Walter Cutting, the original owner of this sword, is engraved on a silver plaque mounted on the scabbard.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Juliana Cutting
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
