Sword with scabbard

1700s–1800s

Maker Unknown

Indian and Southeast Asian Art

Sword with scabbard, 1700s–1800s. India, perhaps Deccan. Watered steel blade with iron hilt inlaid with gold; velvet lining with leather straps; wooden scabbard with velvet case and metallic threads; overall: 99 cm (39 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of S. D. Wright 1930.706

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Maker Unknown
Classification: Arms and Armor
Formatted Medium: Watered steel blade with iron hilt inlaid with gold; velvet lining with leather straps; wooden scabbard with velvet case and metallic threads
Medium: watered, steel, blade, iron, hilt, inlaid, gold, velvet, lining, leather, straps, wooden, scabbard, case, metallic, threads
Dimensions: Overall: 99 cm (39 in.)
Departments: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Accession Number: 1930.706
Credit Line: Gift of S. D. Wright
Exhibitions: Art and Stories from Mughal India, Martial Art of India (Indian Painting rotation)
Rights Statement: CC0