id:			95803
accession number:	1916.1492
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1492
updated:		2025-02-08 22:21:15.308000

Hunting Sword, c. 1780. France (blade: Germany?), 18th century. Steel, blued, etched, and gilded; silver and wood; overall: 72.1 cm (28 3/8 in.); blade: 56.5 cm (22 1/4 in.); grip: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.); guard: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1492

title:				Hunting Sword
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creation date:			c. 1780
creation date earliest:		1775
creation date latest:		1785
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture:	France (blade: Germany?), 18th century
technique:	steel, blued, etched, and gilded; silver and wood
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 72.1 cm (28 3/8 in.); Blade: 56.5 cm (22 1/4 in.); Grip: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.); Guard: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat. #236.
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CITATIONS

	<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. Vol. 4, <em>17th to 19th century and a few pieces of iron work</em>. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (236) 259
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour4/page/n386

	Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 133-134, E107
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n200

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