Congressional Presentation Sword with Scabbard of Colonel Marinus Willett (1740–1830)

C. Liger

hallmarked for 1785–86

Congressional Presentation Sword with Scabbard of Colonel Marinus Willett (1740–1830) by C. Liger

Medium

Steel, silver, gold, wood, fish skin, textile

Dimensions

sword L. 39 5/8 in. (100.6 cm); scabbard L. 33 1/4 in. (84.5 cm)

Classification

Swords

Culture

French, Paris

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of George Willett Van Nest, 1916

Accession Number

17.87.3a, b

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