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Sword
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Sword

Date1861-1865
MediumSteel, brass, leather, wood
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall length): 35in. (88.9cm)
Other (blade length): 29 1/2in. (74.9cm)
ClassificationsWeapons
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth Dixon Welling
DescriptionSlightly curved single edged sword with no fullers, and a rudimentary false edge. The hilt of the sword is cast brass and features three branches on the obverse side which form the guard, and then converge at the base of the knuckle bow.
The pommel is of the Phrygian helmet pattern, with a rivet at the base of it to secure the tang of the blade. The handle is wood covered in leather and wrapped with steel wire.
The sword is unmarked and has no designs or patterns at all.
Object number1952.94.3
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Full view of sword with scabbard
    Colonel George Perkins Bissell
    1862
    Presentation Sword and Scabbard
    Hervey Fitts Jacobs
    1862
    Full view of sword with scabbard
    Henry Champion Deming
    1863
    Full view of sword with scabbard
    Captain Thomas R. Mead
    1861
    Full view of sword with scabbard
    General Alfred Howe Terry
    1865
    Sword
    Governor Jonathan Trumbull
    about 1760
    Gift of Reverend Thomas Robbins, 1839.1.0  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    William Hayden
    1637
    Gift of the Estate of Lewis Coly Nye, 2024.86.1a-b, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History c…
    George Malpas Cole
    c. 1900-1933
    Gift of the Estate of Lewis Coly Nye, 2024.86.2a-b, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History c…
    George Malpas Cole
    c. 1900-1933
    The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2009.166.1  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Harmon Deming
    1802-1803