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{
    "localId": "97049",
    "label": "Basket-Hilt Broadsword",
    "core": "obj",
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}

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    "id": "97049",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Basket-Hilt Broadsword",
    "date": "c. 1740",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.703",
    "rights": "CC0",
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    "language": "en",
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.703/1916.703_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 106.6 cm (41 15/16 in.); Blade: 91.3 cm (35 15/16 in.); Grip: 11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.); Hilt: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Scotland, Stirling(?), 18th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.703"
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    "tec": "steel, pierced hilt; wood and leather grip",
    "tombstone": "Basket-Hilt Broadsword, c. 1740. Scotland, Stirling(?), 18th century. Steel, pierced hilt; wood and leather grip; overall: 106.6 cm (41 15/16 in.); blade: 91.3 cm (35 15/16 in.); grip: 11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.); hilt: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.703",
    "supportMaterials": [
        {
            "description": "pierced hilt"
        }
    ],
    "collection": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. Vol. 4, <em>17th to 19th century and a few pieces of iron work</em>. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (213) 232",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour4/page/n219"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 130, E98; Reproduced: Plate XXX, E98",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n196"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.703",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:13:42.919000",
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    "sourceId": 97049,
    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "med": "steel, pierced hilt; wood and leather grip",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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