Saber

Sword

Name/Title

Saber

Entry/Object ID

1943.3a-b

Description

Saber with a black leather handle. The handle is wrapped in gold-toned twisted wire, and the guard and pommel are not engraved. There is the mark "ASC 1906" and a flaming bomb on the ricasso of the blade.

Context

Owned by Lt. Colonel Charles H. Joyce of Rutland, Vermont.

Acquisition

Accession

1943.3

Source or Donor

Vaughan, Herman W.

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Ames Manufacturing Company

Date made

1906

Place

City

Chelmsford

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Saber

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

Height

5-1/8 in

Width

3-1/2 in

Length

40-3/4 in

Material

Steel

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Joyce, Charles Herbert (1830-1916)

Person or Organization

2nd Vermont Infantry

Related Places

Place

City

Rutland

County

Rutland County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Related Events

Event

Civil War