Collection Highlights
The Bulls and Bears in the Market
Date:
1879
Object Number:
1971.104
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Confederate Cavalry Saber and Scabbard
Object Number:
1922.124ab
Date:
1860-1865
Medium:
Steel, brass, leather; iron, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 43 x 5 x 4 1/4 in. ( 109.2 x 12.7 x 10.8 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on reverse side of blade below hilt: "Columbia S. C."
Description:
Saber with curved, single-edged steel blade with a broad, full length fuller adjacent to a shorter, narrower fuller; brass half-basket hilt with two sweeping branches on obverse side and oval counter-guard; grip covered in leather and wrapped with wire; helmet-shaped pommel without surface decoration; black painted iron scabbard with two carrying rings and asymmetrical drag.
Gallery Label:
This sword is identified in the accession records as a "Confederate cavalry saber."
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles McCauley
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
