Collection Highlights
Fraktur: Birth and Baptism certificate of Joseph Flor
Date:
1811
Object Number:
PR.022.13
Medium:
Hand-colored print
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sword w/scabbard
Object Number:
1951.384ab
Date:
1850-1865
Medium:
Steel, brass, fish skin, gilding; leather, brass, gilding
Dimensions:
Overall: 37 3/4 x 4 7/8 x 3 in. ( 95.9 x 12.4 x 7.6 cm )
Marks:
etched: on obverse of blade near center: "E PLURIBUS / UNUM" on banner
etched: on obverse of blade near hilt: "W. H. HORSTMANN / & SONS / PHILADELPHIA"
stamped: on obverse of blade near hilt: mark in the form of a crowned male head in left-facing profil
Description:
Sword with slightly curved, single-edged steel blade with two fullers, one broad and one narrow, and etched designs on obverse and reverse; gilded brass hilt with oval counter-guard with openwork leaf and scroll design on obverse side and quillon with globular finial with incised motifs on flattened sides; grip covered in charcoal gray fish skin and wrapped with wire; helmet-shaped pommel with leaf border centering a flower; leather scabbard with gilded brass mounts consisting of throat with carrying ring, middle band with carrying ring, and tip with roughly symmetrical drag.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, swords of this type were used by officers in the 7th Regiment, National Guard New York, from 1861 to 1865.
Credit Line:
Gift of the 7th Regiment, National Guard New York, through Major Kenneth Miller
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
