Collection Highlights
French press
1812-1819
1943.368
Mahogany, mahogany veneer; yellow poplar, white pine, brass, plaster
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bowie knife and scabbard
Title
Bowie knife and scabbard
Object name
Bowie knife with scabbard
Date
1880-1900
Medium
Steel, antler, tin, leather, brass
Dimensions
Part (knife): 12 5/8 x 2 3/8 in. (32.1 x 6 cm)
Part (scabbard): 12 x 3 in. (30.5 x 7.6 cm)
Description
Steel, antler, and tin bowie knife; single-edged steel blade with oval tin quillon and antler grips; rounded, triangular brown leather scabbard with two sides riveted together, belt loop sewn to top of back, and stamped six-petal flowers and branches on front.
Credit Line
Gift of Kurtz Eppley
Object Number
1933.80ab
Marks
stamped: on blade at hilt: "CAMBRIDGE/CUTLERY & CO./SHEFFIELD/ENGLAND"
Gallery Label
According to a note found with the object, this bowie knife was used on a ranch in Montaina in 1893, and in Cuba and the Philippine Islands as part of the donor's personal field equipment.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
