Saber with scabbard. The grip is shagreen accented with twisted wire. The guard is formed of a single piece of bronze decoratively cut to look like multiple straps. The blade is marked, "Clauberg Solingen" with a small engraving of a person in full metal armor.
Context
Owned by General William Wells of Waterbury, Vermont
Acquisition
Accession
1950.14
Source or Donor
Jackson, Bertha Richardson Wells
Acquisition Method
Gift
Made/Created
Manufacturer
Clauberg
Date made
1860 - 1865
Place
City
Solingen
Country
Germany
Continent
Europe
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
