Collection Highlights
Stained glass window
ca. 1656
1951.414c
Glass
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Brunswick Sword
Title
Brunswick Sword
Object name
Sword
Date
ca. 1777
Medium
Steel, brass, wood, textile
Dimensions
Overall: 43 3/4 x 6 x 4 1/2 in. ( 111.1 x 15.2 x 11.4 cm )
Description
Sword with long, straight, double-edged steel blade with elliptical cross section; brass basket hilt with crown and "C" device, thumb ring, and tear drop shaped quillon; wooden grip covered in textile and wrapped with wire; ovoid brass pommel with flattened ball finial; tassel on long strip of cloth tape attached to hilt.
Credit Line
Bequest of Charles M. Lefferts
Object Number
1923.60
Marks
stamped: on reverse of blade below hilt: indecipherable maker's mark
uncised: on underside of hilt: "L. No. 67"
Gallery Label
This sword apparently belonged to an officer of the Brunswick dragoons, German mercenary soldiers who aided the British in the Revolutionary War. According to the accession records, it was captured from a dragoon of the Brunswick Regiment Von Riedesel at Bennington, Vermont, in 1777.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
