id: 97047 accession number: 1916.701 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.701 updated: 2024-03-26 01:56:19.410000 Basket-Hilted Broadsword, Hilt: c. 1720, Blade: early 1700s. Hilt: Scotland; blade: Germany, Solingen, hilt: 18th Century. Steel; liner of buff leather; grip of wood, copper wire and fishskin (ray?); overall: 101.6 cm (40 in.); blade: 85.7 cm (33 3/4 in.); grip: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); hilt: 12.8 cm (5 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.701 title: Basket-Hilted Broadsword title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: Hilt: c. 1720, Blade: early 1700s creation date earliest: 1700 creation date latest: 1725 current location: 210A Armor Court creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance copyright: --- culture: hilt: Scotland; blade: Germany, Solingen, hilt: 18th Century technique: steel; liner of buff leather; grip of wood, copper wire and fishskin (ray?) department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Arms & Armor type: Arms and Armor find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 101.6 cm (40 in.); Blade: 85.7 cm (33 3/4 in.); Grip: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); Hilt: 12.8 cm (5 1/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: CLEMENS WILLEMS ME FECIT SOLINGEN translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: European Arms and Armor from the Cleveland Museum of Art (Long-term Loan) opening date: 1993-07-01T04:00:00 European Arms and Armor from the Cleveland Museum of Art (Long-term Loan). Birmingham Museum of Art (organizer) (July 1, 1993-July 1, 1995). title: Armor Court Reinstallation opening date: 1998-09-10T00:00:00 Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat. # 414 date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS 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. 124, E84; Reproduced: Plate XXX, E84 url: https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n188 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.701/1916.701_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.701/1916.701_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.701/1916.701_full.tif