Collection Highlights
Parade on Broadway for McKinley & Hobart
Date:
1896
Object Number:
PR.008.1
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sword w/scabbard: U.S.
Object Number:
1946.33ab
Date:
1861-1865
Medium:
Steel, brass, fish skin; steel
Dimensions:
Overall: 38 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 3 1/8 in. ( 98.4 x 12.1 x 7.9 cm )
Marks:
etched: on reverse of blade below hilt: "TOMES, SON / % / MELVAIN / NEW YORK"
etched: on reverse of blade about 7 inches from hilt: "U. S"
Description:
Sword with slightly curved, single-edged steel blade with two fullers, one broad and one narrow, and etched designs on obverse and reverse; brass hilt with grip covered in fish skin and wrapped with wire; oval counter-guard with openwork flower and scroll design on obverse side and globular quillon with flattened sides; helmet-shaped pommel with leaf and berry border; steel scabbard with two carrying rings and asymmetrical drag.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this sword was used by the donor's father, Kiliaen Van Rensselaer IV, in the Civil War.
Credit Line:
Gift of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer V
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
