Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.4
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sword
Object Number:
1941.1170
Date:
1700-1800
Medium:
Steel, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 32 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. ( 81.6 x 11.4 x 2.9 cm )
Description:
Sword with broad, single-edged steel blade that curves slightly at tip; steel (or iron?) hilt with C-shaped knuckle-bow, curved quillon with disk finial, small pointed langets, and disk-like pommel cast in one piece (branches joining kuckle-bow and counter-guard are now broken and missing); tang of blade is faced on either side with a rounded panel of wood held in place by three rivets driven through a strip of metal.
Credit Line:
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
