id:			96181
accession number:	1916.1894
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1894
updated:		2025-08-07 18:18:39.802000

Dagger, 1600s (1500s blade). Switzerland and/or France, 17th century (16th century blade). Steel and wire; chiseled quillions and pommel; overall: 44.3 cm (17 7/16 in.); quillions: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1894

title:				Dagger
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creation date:			1600s (1500s blade)
creation date earliest:		1500
creation date latest:		1699
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture:	Switzerland and/or France, 17th century (16th century blade)
technique:	steel and wire; chiseled quillions and pommel
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 44.3 cm (17 7/16 in.); Quillions: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Spitzer; Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat. # 448.
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CITATIONS

	Galerie Georges Petit, Paris. <em>Armes &amp; Armures</em>. June 10-14, 1895. Lot 261.
	page number: 	Mentioned: vol. I, p. 54, lot 261; Reproduced: vol. II, p. [21], lot 261
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SpitzerV1/page/n62

	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: p. 218-219, I23
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n312

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Helen Ives Gilchrist. <em>Handbook of the Severance Collection of Arms and Armor</em>. 2d ed., 1948.
	page number: 	Reproduction: p. 48
	url:		https://archive.org/details/HandbookArmsArmor1948/page/n55

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IMAGES

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