Ames Manufactruing Co. Presentation Sword, Inscribed "Presented by Virginia to Her Distiguished Son, Lient. Col. John Garland"
date: label: date made
content: ca 1846
name: label: recipient
content: Garland, John
label: maker
content: Ames Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: Sword: This presentation sword, given to Colonel John Garland, has a straight, double-edged blade with a narrow and shallow groove that runs along its middle. The front and back are decorated in silver gilt with floral sprays and military trophies. The obverse of the blade also features a liberty cap. The grip of the sword features alternating vertical strips of mother of pearl and gold metal. The gold portion features a scroll design, and the strips of mother of pearl are set with gold bolts. The middle bolt on the pearl strip on the obverse is set with a severely damaged yellow stone. The pommel of is an eagle perched on top of the grip and holding a metal chain in its mouth. The chain acts as the knuckleguard and connects to one of two quillons. The quillons are decorated with palm leaves and engravings of weaponry. There is no counterguard on this sword, but there is a langet, which features small, flat medallion in between the quillons. The medallion bears an engraving of a soldier standing atop another soldier and holding him down with a spear, and there is also a liberty cap.
label: Description
content: Scabbard: The scabbard has three gold mounts. The top mount bears a medallion with a coat of arms, surrounded by scroll designs. The middle mount features the profile view of a man on a medallion, surrounded by scroll designs, and the third mount solely consists of scroll designs. There are multiple engravings on the scabbard itself, including an eagle at the top, an inscription in the middle, and military trophies and scrolls on the bottom. The sword has three carrying rings, two of which are attached to either side of the top mount, and the third attached to the middle mount.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Chicopee
label: referenced
content: United States: Texas, Brownsville
label: referenced
content: Mexico: Nuevo León, Monterrey
topic: label: Subject
content: Edged Weapons
label: related event
content: Mexican War
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Jane H. Lambert
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.36670
label: catalog number
content: 36670
label: accession number
content: 110438
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: Physical Description
content: stone (hilt material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 38 1/4 in x 5 in; 97.155 cm x 12.7 cm
label: Measurements
content: blade: 31 1/4 in x 1 1/8 in; 79.375 cm x 2.8575 cm
label: Measurements
content: scabbard: 32 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 83.185 cm x 6.985 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, scabbard: 5/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 32 5/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 7.3025 cm x 82.8675 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, sword: 1 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in x 38 3/8 in; 3.175 cm x 13.97 cm x 97.4725 cm