Collection Highlights
I Knew Him Horatio
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.Horatio
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sword w/scabbard
Object Number:
1941.1167ab
Date:
1820-1850
Medium:
Steel, wood; steel
Dimensions:
Overall: 38 1/4 x 6 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. ( 97.2 x 16.5 x 2.9 cm )
Description:
Sword (saber) with curved, single-edged steel blade with a broad fuller extending from hilt to within about 7 1/2 inches of point; steel stirrup hilt with simple shield-shaped langets and curved quillon with cylindrical finial; wooden grip (badly deteriorated); bird's head pommel with backstrap extending to ferrule at base of grip; steel scabbard with rudimentary drag.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this "dragoon type" saber was probably used by U.S. Army enlisted men. Swords of similar type are pictured in Smithsonian Institution Bulletin No. 163 (p. 136).
Credit Line:
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
