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Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Glaive

1400s

Italy, 15th century

plain steel blade, carved wooden haft with protruding tongue of steel
Overall: 158.2 cm (62 5/16 in.); Blade: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1834
Location: Not on view
  • Thill collection; Frank Gair Macomber, Boston, #526.
  • 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. 181, H2; Reproduced: Plate XL, H2 archive.org
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