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Collection Online as of December 24, 2025

Pommel and Grip of Dress Sword

1600s

Italy, 17th century

steel, chiseled, chased, and pierced
Overall: 2.6 cm (1 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1697
Location: Not on view
  • Brett collection; Frank Gair Macomber, Boston, #268.
  • 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. 138, E121 archive.org
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