Collection Highlights
Chatelaine
Date:
ca. 1761
Object Number:
1954.179a-d
Medium:
Silver gilt, gold, enamel, ivory, chalcedony, glass, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sword w/scabbard: floral design
Object Number:
X.137ab
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Steel, brass, ivory; brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
overall3: 36 in. ( 91.4 cm )
overall1: 35 x 6 in. ( 88.9 x 15.2 cm )
overall2: 35 x 5 1/2
Marks:
etched: on obverse of blade: "W. H. / Horstmann / & Sons"
etched: on reverse of blade: "Philadelphia"
stamped: on reverse of blade below hilt: mark in the form of a crowned male head in profile view
Description:
Sword with straight, double-edged steel blade with etched designs on obverse and reverse; blade is elliptical in cross section; cross quillons of openwork design separated on obverse and reverse by a panel with the letter "F" repeated six times inside a circle within a diamond superimposed on a square; undecorated ivory handle with brass ferrule at base; brass pommel in the form of a conventionalized helmet; brass scabbard with two carrying rings and tip with flat disk finial with incised lines on either side.
Gallery Label:
This sword is identified in the accession records as a "Knight Templar's sword."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
