On View
On viewSwords
Artist
Ames Co.
1836 - 1925
Date1800s
Terms
- Swords
- Brass
- Iron
- Leather
- Massachusetts
Dimensions10.5 × 8 × 94.6 cm (4 1/8 × 3 1/8 × 37 1/4 in.)
MarkingsInscribed at hilt of blade, "Ames Mfg Co/ Chicopee/ Mass."
Credit LineGift of Capt. Charles Edward Bowers (1893)
Object numberA2010
DescriptionU.S. Officer's sword and scabbard. Brass hilt; metal grip on the handle. Curved hand guard with elaborate floral motif. Scabbard has brass embellishments and brass rings for attaching to belt. Scabbard is of a tanned leather. Iron blade has a lightly etched floral motif. "Sword presented by Capt. Charles Bowers of the 32d Mass. Vols. in the Civil War." G.T. See A2076.
Object number: A2204A