Dress Sword
date: label: date made
content: ca 1775
notes: label: Description
content: This small sword was owned by the Copp family of Stonington, Connecticut during the late half of the 18th century. The sword was likely owned as a dress sword, and the scabbard appears to be made from a bayonet sheath. The hilt has a wooden grip and a metal pommel and knuckle-guard.
label: Description
content: The Copp Collection contains a variety of household objects that the Copp family of Connecticut used from around 1700 until the mid-1800s. Part of the Puritan Great Migration from England to Boston, the family eventually made their home in New London County, Connecticut, where their textiles, clothes, utensils, ceramics, books, bibles, and letters provide a vivid picture of daily life. More of the collection from the Division of Home and Community Life can be viewed by searching accession number 28810.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place used
content: United States: New England
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Copp Collection
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John Brenton Copp
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.006652
label: catalog number
content: 6652
label: accession number
content: 28810
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sword
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (hilt material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (blade material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (grip material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (scabbard material)
label: Measurements
content: overall-sword: 3 in x 33 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 85.09 cm x 8.89 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall-sheath: 1 1/8 in x 19 in x 1 1/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 48.26 cm x 2.8575 cm