Basket-Hilted Broadsword
Hilt: c. 1720, Blade: early 1700s
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Basket-Hilted Broadsword, Hilt: c. 1720, Blade: early 1700s. Hilt: Scotland; blade: Germany, Solingen, hilt: 18th Century. Steel; liner of buff leather; grip of wood, copper wire and fishskin (ray?); overall: 101.6 cm (40 in.); blade: 85.7 cm (33 3/4 in.); grip: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); hilt: 12.8 cm (5 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.701
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Arms and Armor
- Formatted Medium
- steel; liner of buff leather; grip of wood, copper wire and fishskin (ray?)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 101.6 cm (40 in.); Blade: 85.7 cm (33 3/4 in.); Grip: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); Hilt: 12.8 cm (5 1/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: CLEMENS WILLEMS ME FECIT SOLINGEN
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1916.701
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
- Exhibitions
- European Arms and Armor from the Cleveland Museum of Art (Long-term Loan), Armor Court Reinstallation
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 210A Armor Court
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