
Sword
Unrecorded maker
ca. 1450 · Steel, copper, wood, leather
Cleared · Public Domain
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332 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
372 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
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Sword
Unrecorded maker
ca. 1450 · Steel, copper, wood, leather
Cleared · Public Domain
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Design for a Sword Hilt
Unrecorded maker
ca.1550 · Pen, ink, wash, paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Hunting Sword and Scabbard
Unrecorded maker
hilt, ca. 1700; blade, ca. 1700–1725 · Steel, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), gold, wood, ray skin
Cleared · Public Domain
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Hunting Sword
Unrecorded maker
ca. 1750 · Steel, brass, gold, porcelain, pigments
Cleared · Public Domain
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Designs for a Sword of Honor to be presented by the City of London to Admiral Sir Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester (1821–1895)
Unrecorded maker
1882 · Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Presentation Sword Honoring Commandant Jean-Baptiste Marchand (1863–1934) for His Conduct at Fashoda
Jean-Joseph-Marie-Anatole Marquet de Vasselot (d. 1904)
1899 · Copper alloy, gold, enamel, jade, steel
Cleared · Public Domain
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Blade for a Sword (Katana)
Uda Kuninari 宇多國成
Late 15th century · Steel, silver, wood (Magnolia obovata), bamboo
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Designs for a Dagger Pommel (left) and two for the Sheath of a Sword (middle and right)
Cornelis Bos (d. 1556)
ca. 1546–55 · Engraving
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Designs for Two Sword Sheaths (left and middle) and a Dagger Pommel (right)
Cornelis Bos (d. 1556)
ca. 1546–55 · Engraving
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Designs Sword Sheaths (left and middle) and for a Dagger Pommel (right)
Cornelis Bos (d. 1556)
ca. 1546–55 · Engraving
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Plate 5: Designs for Sword Handles, Dagger Hilts, and Pommels
Antoine Jacquard (d. 1630)
ca. 1610–30 · Engraving and blackwork
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Design for a Small-Sword Hilt
Unrecorded maker
ca. 1780–90 · Pen and black ink with colored washes on laid paper
In copyright
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