id:			147960
accession number:	1974.58
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.58
updated:		2025-08-07 23:20:23.162000

Hand-and-a-Half Sword, c.1540–80. Germany. Steel; wood, leather, sharkskin grip; overall: 116.8 cm (46 in.); blade: 94.8 cm (37 5/16 in.); quillions: 31 cm (12 3/16 in.); grip: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from the Bascom Little Estate 1974.58

title:				Hand-and-a-Half Sword
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creation date:			c.1540–80
creation date earliest:		1535
creation date latest:		1585
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift from the Bascom Little Estate
copyright:			

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culture:	Germany
technique:	steel; wood, leather, sharkskin grip
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 116.8 cm (46 in.); Blade: 94.8 cm (37 5/16 in.); Quillions: 31 cm (12 3/16 in.); Grip: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
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	inscription:	on blade: CEA
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1974
	opening date:   1975-03-11T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1974</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 11-April 6, 1975).

	title:		European Arms and Armor from the Cleveland Museum of Art (Long-term Loan)
	opening date:   1993-07-01T04:00:00
	<i>European Arms and Armor from the Cleveland Museum of Art (Long-term Loan)</i>. Birmingham Museum of Art (organizer) (July 1, 1993-July 1, 1995).

	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

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PROVENANCE

	Bascom Little (1910-1965), Cleveland, OH
	date: -1965
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	Bascom Little Estate, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1965-1974
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1974-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1974.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 62, no. 3 (1975).
	page number: 	p. 98, cat. no. 43
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152580

	Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	cat. no. 200, p. 172
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	Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	cat. no. 133, p. 188
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IMAGES

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