State Partizan of an Officer of the Saxon "Hundred Swiss Guards"
Unknown
1725/1814
Medium
Steel, wood (red oak), and thread
Dimensions
H.: 213.4 cm (84 in.); Blade with socket: H.: 46.3 cm (18 1/4 in.)
Classification
edged weapon-staff
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
116256
About the Artist
Unknown
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