Jacob Hurd, Small sword (rapier or colichemard), Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1745

Object/Artifact

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Portsmouth Historical Society

Name/Title

Jacob Hurd, Small sword (rapier or colichemard), Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1745

Entry/Object ID

1921.01

Description

This rare small sword, also known as a rapier or colichemard (sword) was made by the well-known and prolific Boston silversmith Jacob Hurd (1702/3-1758). It retains it original leather scabbard. It bears the engraved name of I.F. Brackett, possibly for Capt. John Brackett (1700-1758). Given in the early 1920s by a descendant of I.F. Brackett, Simeon Smith Brackett (1848-1925) of Greenland, N.H. It is one of only about ten swords bearing Hurd's mark.

Acquisition

Accession

1921.01

Source or Donor

Brackett, Simon

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Simon Brackett

Made/Created

Artist

Hurd, Jacob

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

UDF21: I.T. Brackett

Material

silver, steel, Leather

Provenance

Notes

Given by a descendant of I.F. Brackett, Simeon Brackett of Greenland, NH, in 1920 (listed in Gift books 1 and 2)