Sword
- Object Name:
- Sword
- Object ID:
- 1960.003
- Place of Origin:
- England
- Date:
- circa 1770
- Description:
- Sword and Scabbard. Silver hilt: cast and chased spherical pommel with scroll decorations, rounded knuckle guard with scroll decorations, molded quillon block with two pas-d ane, bilobate shell guard with cast scroll decorations, braided silver wire around elliptical grip. Triangular hollow ground colichemarde steel blade with interwoven gold inlaid floral pattern at the top. Triangular light brown leather covered wooden scabbard with scallop-edged silver mounts; engraved with roulette work band around edge; two rings for suspension. "E" "R" stamped in two shields on side of knuckle guard.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver
Steel
Leather - Dimensions:
- W-3.6 L-33.7 D-2.8 inches
- Provenance:
- Taken from a British officer captured at St. Johns, Quebec, during the summer of 1776 by Captain Joseph Badger, Jr. (1746-1809) while on a mission for General Horatio Gates to determine the movements of the British Army.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Hilda B. Bennett
- Subjects:
- Arms & armament, American Revolution
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