Sword
- Object Name:
- Sword
- Object ID:
- 2003.015.01 a-c
- Creator:
- Horstmann Brothers & Company
Retailer - Place of Origin:
- Germany
- Date:
- 1860-1899
- Description:
- Sword (a). Staff and Field Officers Sword, Model 1860. 28" nickel-plated, diamond-shaped straight steel blade. Gilded brass hilt; fishskin covered grip with twisted brass wire wrap; inverted cone-shaped pommel; eagle with shield and arrows, obverse side of pommel and shield and scrollwork, reverse side of pommel. Single knucklebow with leaves and flower in center. Kidney-shaped counter guard; eagle with furled flags on obverse guard and shield with crossed swords, cannons, rifles and foliage on reverse guard; reverse guard operates on a hinge either up or down, with a button adn spring mechanism. Ornate scroll, foliage, and military trophies etched onto top half of blade, both sides. "U. S." etched on blade obverse side. "HORSTMANN / PHILADELPHIA" etched in rectangle on ricasso. "L" in ornate script inside shield above "GERMANY" on ricasso, obverse side.
Steel scabbard (b) with gold-plated brass throat, bands, rings and drag. Flower on leaves on either side of drag, foliage on bands and stamped numbers "45". Top band, located two inches below throat, has two rings. Lower band, about 1/3 of the way down the scabbard, has one ring.
Leather case (c). Top 9" is 5" wide, narrows to 1.5" at bottom. Cotton twill straps attached at seam near top opening. Hole worn in bottom. - Material:
- Metal
Leather - Dimensions:
- W-3 L-37 D-5 inches
- Provenance:
- Donor is descendent of George Hamilton Perkins (1835-1899) of Contoocook, NH. Perkins served in the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant during the Civil War, was promoted to captain in 1882, and to commodore in 1896.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Timothy W. Woodman
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