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Apr 13, 2020
Pillow Sword
Pillow Sword
c. 1650
Steel, pierced; leather and wood
Overall: 93 cm (36 5/8 in.); Blade: 77.8 cm (30 5/8 in.); Quillions: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)
Weight: 460 g (1.01 lbs.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1495
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The "pillow-sword" is so-named because of where it was kept. A sword like this one, with a straight blade and relatively simple hilt, would have been suspended above a headboard within arm's reach for bedside defense should an intruder attack while the household was asleep and vulnerable.
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