Sword
- Object Name:
- Sword
- Object ID:
- 1996.516.19
- Date:
- 1750-1770
- Description:
- Sword. Silver hilt with cast and chased spherical pommel, knuckle guard, pair of straight quillons, and solid molded quillon block with two loops; double shell guard with cast scroll decorations and gadrooned rim; twisted silver wire and ribband around elliptical grip. Maker's mark stamped on back of guard: "W·K". Triangular hollow-ground colichemarde steel blade; floral scroll pattern etched at the top; engraved figure of Roman soldier, identified as "Camillus". Silver scabbard mount with ring. No scabbard.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver
Steel - Dimensions:
- W-4 L-39.2 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Camillus (c. 446-365 BC)
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