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Source Description

This piece is undecorated. The crossguard is restored. The grip would have been padded.

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Document identity
localId
20530
label
Sword
core
obj
dtoType
object
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
20530
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Sword
description
This piece is undecorated. The crossguard is restored. The grip would have been padded.
provenance
Thuringia, Germany, 1895 [said to have been found in a river bed] [mode of deposition unknown]; Spiller, London, January 30, 1901, no. 128; Harding [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1917 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
14th century (Medieval)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
swords
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
40 1/4 in. (102.2 cm) (l.)
Source extras
style
Gothic
med
steel
creator_ids
6211
33562
collection_ids
MED
ARM
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
505991bc985c2eb8