Collection Online as of February 5, 2023

Scabbard

1600s

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Switzerland and/or France, 17th century

Steel decorated with mythological scenes chiseled in high relief

Overall: 28.6 cm (11 1/4 in.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1894.b

Location

210A Armor Court

Provenance

Spitzer; Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat. #448.

Citations

Galerie Georges Petit, Paris. Armes & Armures. June 10-14, 1895. Lot 261. Mentioned: vol. I, p. 54, lot 261; Reproduced: vol. II, p. [21], lot 261 archive.org

Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. Mentioned: p. 218-219, I23 archive.org

Exhibition history

The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); "Armor Court Reinstallation"

Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).