Basket-Hilted Broadsword with Scabbard (Claymore)

Basket-Hilted Broadsword with Scabbard (Claymore)

c. 1750

Accession Number

117173

Medium

Steel, iron, silver, and leather

Dimensions

Sword: 101 × 12.1 × 12.1 cm (39 3/4 × 4 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.); Scabbard: 76.2 × 3.9 × 2 cm (30 × 1 1/2 × 3/4 in.)

Classification

edged weapon-sword

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

George F. Harding Collection