id:			97049
accession number:	1916.703
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.703
updated:		2025-08-07 18:24:01.349000

Basket-Hilt Broadsword, c. 1740. Scotland, Stirling(?), 18th century. Steel, pierced hilt; wood and leather grip; overall: 106.6 cm (41 15/16 in.); blade: 91.3 cm (35 15/16 in.); grip: 11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.); hilt: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.703

title:				Basket-Hilt Broadsword
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creation date:			c. 1740
creation date earliest:		1735
creation date latest:		1745
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
copyright:			

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culture:	Scotland, Stirling(?), 18th century
technique:	steel, pierced hilt; wood and leather grip
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 106.6 cm (41 15/16 in.); Blade: 91.3 cm (35 15/16 in.); Grip: 11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.); Hilt: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.)
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	description:	pierced hilt
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Armor Court Reinstallation
	opening date:   1998-09-10T00:00:00
	<i>Armor Court Reinstallation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); "Armor Court Reinstallation"', 'opening_date': '1998-09-10T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat. #213.
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RELATED WORKS

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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. (213) 232
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour4/page/n219

	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. 130, E98; Reproduced: Plate XXX, E98
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n196

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