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Sword by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sword

Unrecorded maker

1400s · Arms and Armor, steel

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Sword by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sword

Unrecorded maker

1400s · Arms and Armor, steel; wood and leather grip

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Sword by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sword

Unrecorded maker

c. 1400 · Arms and Armor, steel, leather, wire

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Small Sword by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Small Sword

Unrecorded maker

c. 1780 · Arms and Armor, forged steel blade; partially gilt and russet steel hilt; steel wire, leather bands, wood core

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Executioner's Sword by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Executioner's Sword

Unrecorded maker

late 1600s · Arms and Armor, steel, wood, brass and copper wire

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Hand-and-a-Half Sword by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Hand-and-a-Half Sword

Unrecorded maker

c.1540–80 · Arms and Armor, steel; wood, leather, sharkskin grip

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Small Sword by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Small Sword

Unrecorded maker

1640–60 · Arms and Armor, steel, wood, steel wire, copper, chiseled shell guard; blade: blued, gilded, pierced and engraved

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Small Sword by Jean-Baptiste Oudry, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Small Sword

Jean-Baptiste Oudry (d. 1755)

c.1750–60 · Arms and Armor, steel, gilt and russeted, copper, wood

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Parade Sword by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Parade Sword

Unrecorded maker

c. 1500–1525 · Arms and Armor, steel, etched and gilded

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Small Sword by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Small Sword

Unrecorded maker

c. 1770 · Arms and Armor, steel, gilt-brass, porcelain grip

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Court Sword by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Court Sword

Unrecorded maker

c. 1790 · Arms and Armor, steel; silver hilt, polished and faceted; blade partially blued and gilded

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Rapier by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Rapier

Unrecorded maker

c. 1650 · Arms and Armor, steel, pierced and chiseled, leather and wood grip

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