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Apr 24, 2020

Battle Axe

1400s

Scandinavia (?), 15th century

Steel and wood

Overall: 93.3 cm (36 3/4 in.); Blade: 18.7 cm (7 3/8 in.)

Weight: 1.22 kg (2.69 lbs.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1601

Location

210A Armor Court

Provenance

Stadtrat Rich; Zshille; London; Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat. #106.

Citations

Catalogue of Arms and Armour. Vol. 1, 14th & 15th centuries. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915]. Mentioned and Reproduced: No. 12 archive.org

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. Mentioned: p. 185, H14 archive.org

Exhibition history

The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); "Armor Court Reinstallation"

Gothic Art 1360-1440. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 6-September 15, 1963).

Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

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