id: 95914 accession number: 1916.1629 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1629 updated: 2020-11-18 10:00:05.894000 Hanger (Hunting Sword), 1553. Hilt: Italy (?); Blade: Germany, Saxony, late 16th-17th Century. Steel; gold and silver damascened hilt; overall: 73 cm (28 3/4 in.); blade: 57.7 cm (22 11/16 in.); quillions: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1629 title: Hanger (Hunting Sword) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1553 creation date earliest: 1553 creation date latest: 1553 current location: 210A Armor Court creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance copyright: --- culture: Hilt: Italy (?); Blade: Germany, Saxony, late 16th-17th Century technique: steel; gold and silver damascened hilt department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Arms & Armor type: Arms and Armor find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 73 cm (28 3/4 in.); Blade: 57.7 cm (22 11/16 in.); Quillions: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: damascened hilt watermarks: inscriptions: inscription: "1553" (Presumed to be a commemorative date) translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Armor Court Reinstallation opening date: 1998-09-10T00:00:00 Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Charles Alexander, Baron de Cosson (1843-1929), England date: footnotes: citations: Raoul Richards, Rome, Italy date: ?-1890 footnotes: citations: Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941), Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1916 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1916- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The swordsmith's mark, a crowned stag visible on the blade below the hilt, is unidentified. digital description: wall description: Damascening, the technique of hammering gold and silver wires into grooves cut to receive them, enlivens this sword's hilt. The texture would also improve the user's grip, which allowed him to hunt with more control and accuracy. Hunting was a popular sport among the wealthy and many nobles owned tracts of forest, but peasants were prohibited from hunting on these lands. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Catalogue of Arms and Armour. Vol. 2, 16th century. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915]. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (98) 101 url: https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour2_201602/page/n440 Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. page number: Mentioned: p. 105, E46; Reproduced: Plate XXVI, E46 url: https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n160 Cleveland Museum of Art, and Helen Ives Gilchrist. Handbook of the Severance Collection of Arms and Armor. 2d ed., 1948. page number: Reproduction: p. 38 url: https://archive.org/details/HandbookArmsArmor1948/page/n46 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1629/1916.1629_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1629/1916.1629_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1629/1916.1629_full.tif