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Gift of Reverend Thomas Robbins, 1839.1.0  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Sword
Gift of Reverend Thomas Robbins, 1839.1.0 © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Sword

Original OwnerOriginally owned by William Hayden died 1669
Date1637
MediumSteel, iron, brass, horn
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x width of hilt): 31 1/2 x 7 1/8in. (80 x 18.1cm)
ClassificationsWeapons
Credit LineGift of Reverend Thomas Robbins
DescriptionThis sword is described as a cutting sword, and has a flat, slightly curved blade, a double-curved quillion, pierced and decorated counterguards, a staghorn grip, and no pommel.
Object number1839.1.0
NotesHistorical Note: This sword was the first object to be entered into the collections of the Connecticut Historical Society.
Subject Terms
    On View
    On view
    Full view of sword with scabbard
    Colonel George Perkins Bissell
    1862
    Full view of sword with scabbard
    Henry Champion Deming
    1863
    Presentation Sword and Scabbard
    Hervey Fitts Jacobs
    1862
    Full view of sword with scabbard
    General Alfred Howe Terry
    1865
    Full view of sword with scabbard
    Captain Thomas R. Mead
    1861
    Sword
    Governor Jonathan Trumbull
    about 1760
    Powder Horn
    Frederick Robbins
    1775
    The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2012.571.0  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Henry Mason
    1781-1785