{"data": {"id": 95951, "accession_number": "1916.1686", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Hunting Sword, c. 1760\u201370. Netherlands. Steel; pierced and chiseled cast-iron hilt ; blade engraved; overall: 65 cm (25 9/16 in.); blade: 52.9 cm (20 13/16 in.); quillions: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.); grip: 11.6 cm (4 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1686", "current_location": "210A Armor Court", "title": "Hunting Sword", "creation_date": "c. 1760\u201370", "creation_date_earliest": 1755, "creation_date_latest": 1775, "artists_tags": [], "culture": ["Netherlands"], "technique": "steel; pierced and chiseled cast-iron hilt ; blade engraved", "support_materials": [{"description": "hilt chased and pierced", "watermarks": []}], "department": "Medieval Art", "collection": "MED - Arms & Armor", "type": "Arms and Armor", "measurements": "Overall: 65 cm (25 9/16 in.); Blade: 52.9 cm (20 13/16 in.); Quillions: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.); Grip: 11.6 cm (4 9/16 in.)", "dimensions": {"overall": {"length": 0.65, "length_inch": 25, "length_inch_fraction": 0.5625}, "blade": {"length": 0.529, "length_inch": 20, "length_inch_fraction": 0.8125}, "quillions": {"width": 0.089, "width_inch": 3, "width_inch_fraction": 0.5}, "grip": {"length": 0.116, "length_inch": 4, "length_inch_fraction": 0.5625}}, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [], "exhibitions": {"current": [{"id": 190103, "title": "Armor Court Reinstallation", "description": "<i>Armor Court Reinstallation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).", "opening_date": "1998-09-10T00:00:00"}], "legacy": []}, "provenance": [{"description": "Richard Zschille (1847-1903), Leipzig, Germany", "citations": [], "footnotes": [], "date": null, "sortorder": null}, {"description": "Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941), Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art", "citations": [], "footnotes": [], "date": "-1916", "sortorder": 2}, {"description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH", "citations": [], "footnotes": [], "date": "1916-", "sortorder": 3}], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": "Besides being viewed as a recreation for European nobility and an ancient and hereditary right, hunting was recognized as a necessary and pragmatic skill which supplied an additional source of food and dispatched animals which were considered a menace.", "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "No gentleman's hunting costume was complete without a hunting sword. These special sidearms, designed primarily as defense against dangerous game in the field, were also used to dispatch game at the end of a chase. It was a point of honor among aristocratic hunters to carve and section the game in the field, a further function for which these swords were well suited. They were often made as a set, or garniture, and included smaller knives, forks, and other implements for carving the carcass.", "external_resources": {"wikidata": ["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60778047"], "internet_archive": ["https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1916.1686-hunting-sword"]}, "citations": [{"citation": "<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. Vol. 2, <em>16th century</em>. 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