Object Details
- Description
- This French naval small sword has a brass hilt and leather grip. The blade is etched with a French anchor emblem and the date “1782”. Although it is a foreign weapon, American sailors would have seen and used such swords. Weapons of all sorts, from cannon to knives, were traded internationally as well as bartered, captured, stolen, purchased, smuggled or otherwise easily obtained.
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Charles Bremner Hogg Jackson
- 1782
- associated date
- 1782
- ID Number
- 1980.0399.0248
- catalog number
- E-377
- accession number
- 1980.0399
- catalog number
- 1980.0399.0248
- Object Name
- Sword
- Other Terms
- Sword; Edged Weapons; Navy; Small
- Physical Description
- leather (grips material)
- metal, brass (hilt material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 1/2 in x 30 in; 11.43 cm x 76.2 cm
- place made
- France
- associated place
- France
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- Transportation
- Exhibition
- On the Water
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- related event
- Revolution and the New Nation
- Expansion and Reform
- Record ID
- nmah_472116
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-cfc3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
