Sword

Sword and Scabbard

Name/Title

Sword

Entry/Object ID

1931.3a-b

Description

Sword with leather scabbard. The sword's handle is shagreen wrapped with gold-toned twisted wire. The blade is lightly engraved with an all-over floral pattern.

Context

Owned by Milo S. Taft of Company A, 1st Regiment Vermont Cavalry.

Acquisition

Accession

1931.3

Source or Donor

Hill, Elsie Taft

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Clauberg

Date made

circa 1860

Place

City

Solingen

Country

Germany

Continent

Europe

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sword

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Edged Weapons

Nomenclature Class

Armaments

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Width

3-1/2 in

Depth

5-3/4 in

Length

38-1/8 in

Material

Leather, Bronze

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Taft, Milo S. (1842-1928)

Person or Organization

1st Vermont Cavalry

Related Places

Place

Town

Huntington

County

Chittenden County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Related Events

Event

Civil War