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Collection Online as of April 1, 2023

Basket-Hilt Broadsword

c. 1740

Scotland, Stirling(?), 18th century

Steel, pierced hilt; wood and leather grip

Support: Pierced hilt

Overall: 106.6 cm (41 15/16 in.); Blade: 91.3 cm (35 15/16 in.); Grip: 11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.); Hilt: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.703

Location

210A Armor Court

Provenance
Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat. #213.
Citations
Catalogue of Arms and Armour. Vol. 4, 17th to 19th century and a few pieces of iron work. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915]. Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (213) 232 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. 130, E98; Reproduced: Plate XXX, E98 archive.org
Exhibition history

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

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

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.703