Sword

Object Name:

Sword

Object ID:

2003.010.02 a-b

Creator:

Walscheid, WilhelmInstrument Make

Place of Origin:

Solingen, Germany

Date:

1861-1865

Description:

Sword and scabbard. Sword nickel-plated, sharkskin-covered wooden grip held in place by thin metal bands with twisted cord design. Backstrap with groove parallel to either edge, ears on either side of grip with one rivet, oval pommel with series of ridges of decreasing diameter from grip to end. Basket with cutout designs including spread eagle, banner above eagle with text "E PLURIBUS UNUM" and cutout "US" below eagle. Right side of basket wider than left, curved edge on right and straight on left. Horizontal cross piece at the base of the basket, the quillon, end in a scroll. Blade narrows at bottom of both edges to a sword point. Fuller or groove runs along unsharpened back of blade. Scrollwork and eagle with banner and text "E PLURIBUS UNUM" etched into top half of right Scrollwork only in fuller on top half of left side. Unsharpened part of blade near hilt, the ricasso, has circle with "PROVED" and a fleur-de-lis on right side and "W. WALSHCEI[D] / SOLINGEN" on the left. Scabbard has two bands with rings near the throat and a flat metal drag at the bottom. Drag extends from bottom and along bottom edges, there is a notch in each edge. Scabbard dented about 4 inches from bottom.

a--sword
b--scabbard

Material:

Metal
Wood
Leather

Dimensions:

W-4.75 L-38 inches

Provenance:

Bequeathed to donor by the children of Ervin T. Case (1840-1896), who was born in Claremont, NH, and lived in Newport, NH, at the time of the Civil War.

Credit Line:

Gift of William and Beverly Miller

People:

Case, Ervin T. (1840-1896)

Subjects:

War, Swords, Armament