Collection Highlights
Edwin Booth as Hamlet
Date:
1870-1879
Object Number:
PR.104.3
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sword w/scabbard: eagle on pommel
Object Number:
1956.39cd
Date:
1870-1887
Medium:
Steel, brass, fish skin, gilding; steel, brass, gilding
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 7/8 x 4 x 2 5/8 in. ( 93.7 x 10.2 x 6.7 cm )
Marks:
etched: on reverse of blade below hilt: "RAYMOND & / WHITLOCK / NEW YORK"
Description:
Sword with straight, double-edged steel blade with etched designs on obverse and reverse; blade is diamond-shaped in cross section; shell-shaped gilded brass counter-guard, obverse side only, with shield-breasted eagle molded in relief; quillon with oval button finial with molded lion mask; grip covered in fish skin and wrapped with wire; pommel shaped like a section of an inverted cone, with eagle molded on the obverse side and a blank shield on the reverse; knuckle-bow appears to be missing; blackened steel scabbard with brass throat with elongated frog stud and drag decorated with crossed flags on the obverse side and a single star on the reverse (throat with traces of gilding).
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this sword belonged to Captain Harry A. Ely (d. 1926). Ely served as a captain or lieutenant in the Spanish-American War and as an artillery instructor in World War I.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Nicholas A. Huth
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
