Sword
Maker
Unknown
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Daten.d.
Mediumsteel with silver and horn handle and jewel eye
Dimensionsoverall: 36 x 3 1/2 in. (91.4 x 8.9 cm.)
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of the Virginia Steele Scott Foundation
Label TextThis ceremonial saber, with its decorated hilt featuring a fearsome raptor head on the pommel, belonged to Cornelis Wynkoop (whose portrait as a young boy by Pieter Vanderlyn hangs directly to the right) when he fought with the Continental Army against the British in the American Revolution. Wynkoop joined the army in 1775 as a major, but rose through the ranks to become a colonel; he likely gave a speech welcoming General George Washington, commander in chief of the army and later the first president of the United States, to the town of Hurley, New York, in 1775.Status
On viewObject number83.8.49A
