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DateMid 1800s
Terms
- Swords
- Brass
- Iron
- Leather
- Wood
Dimensions8.89 × 90.8 cm (3 1/2 × 35 3/4 in.)
MarkingsMaker's name on blade, partly worn off: "---kwith/ --ndon".
Credit LineGift of Miss Elizabeth S. Hosmer (1936)
Object numberA2051
DescriptionSword in scabbard. Leather and wooden scabbard with brass locket and chape (locket has two metal hoops attached on each side). Scabbard damaged; bottom has detached. Similar to A2014 and A2010. Threaded shark skin (?) grip with curved hand guard and hilt. Iron blade. Probably Civil War period.