Ames Manufacturing Co. Presentation Sword, Inscribed "Presented to Col. John R. Brooke 1862"
date: label: date made
content: 1862
label: date presented
content: 1862 01 27
name: label: recipient
content: Brooke, John Rutter
label: maker
content: Ames Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: Sword: The blade of this presentation sword is long, straight, and single edged. Both sides are decorated in silver chasing, and bear an array of floral scrolls. The obverse also features multiple military trophies, including a liberty cap, while the reverse has a bald eagle. The grip of the sword is hexagonal. Each face is decorated with a unique floral scroll design, (except for the face on the center reverse, which has a diagonal striped design). The pommel of the sword is a cast of a classical soldier's helmet. The knuckleguard consists of two metal chains which connect to an eyelet on the pommel and to an eyelet on one of the quillons. The quillons are triangular, and each have two scrolls extending from the ricasso outward to the end of the quillon. The base of the quillons are decorated in palm leaves. The langet bears a cluster of weapons and a shield on a blank medallion.
label: Description
content: Scabbard: The scabbard has three gold mounts and a drag. The top mount features a large cluster of arrows with a shield bearing an eagle in the middle, along with a liberty hat atop a liberty pole. The middle mount features a more simple cluster of arrows with a floral design. The third mount is an ornate display of flags and arrows and also includes a liberty hat atop a liberty pole, all surrounded by a leaf design. The drag features a simple oak spray. In between the top and middle mount there is an inscription to the recipient of the sword, Col. John Brooke. There are three carrying rings on the scabbard, one on each side of the top mount and one on the right side of the middle mount.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Chicopee
label: referenced
content: United States: Pennsylvania
topic: label: Subject
content: Edged Weapons
label: related event
content: Civil War
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Major General John R. Brooke, U.S. Army
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.22923
label: catalog number
content: 22923
label: accession number
content: 63843
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sword
label: Object Name
content: sword
label: Other Terms
content: Sword; Edged Weapons; Presentation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, gilt (scabbard material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (blade material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (hilt material)
label: Measurements
content: blade: 31 1/2 in x 1 1/8 in; 80.01 cm x 2.8575 cm
label: Measurements
content: scabbard: 32 3/4 in x 2 in; 83.185 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 39 in x 4 3/4 in; 99.06 cm x 12.065 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, scabbard: 3/4 in x 3 3/8 in x 32 7/8 in; 1.905 cm x 8.5725 cm x 83.5025 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, sword: 1 1/4 in x 4 3/4 in x 39 in; 3.175 cm x 12.065 cm x 99.06 cm