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Document identity
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97047
label
Basket-Hilted Broadsword
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object
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Source metadata
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97047
contentType
object
title
Basket-Hilted Broadsword
date
Hilt: c. 1720, Blade: early 1700s
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60740046
genreSpecific
Arms and Armor
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 101.6 cm (40 in.); Blade: 85.7 cm (33 3/4 in.); Grip: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); Hilt: 12.8 cm (5 1/16 in.)
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hilt: Scotland; blade: Germany, Solingen, hilt: 18th Century
accession
1916.701
Source extras
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steel; liner of buff leather; grip of wood, copper wire and fishskin (ray?)
tombstone
Basket-Hilted Broadsword, Hilt: c. 1720, Blade: early 1700s. Hilt: Scotland; blade: Germany, Solingen, hilt: 18th Century. Steel; liner of buff leather; grip of wood, copper wire and fishskin (ray?); overall: 101.6 cm (40 in.); blade: 85.7 cm (33 3/4 in.); grip: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); hilt: 12.8 cm (5 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.701
collection
MED - Arms & Armor
inscriptions
inscription
CLEMENS WILLEMS ME FECIT SOLINGEN
citations
citation
Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & 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. 124, E84; Reproduced: Plate XXX, E84
creditline
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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2026-05-29 05:13:39.241000
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97047
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Medieval Art
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MED - Arms & Armor
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steel; liner of buff leather; grip of wood, copper wire and fishskin (ray?)
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