Sword [a] with quatrefoil guard with pierced star and floral scroll stylized gilded silver and silver rope twisted handle. Diamond cut bail handle. Pierced knop finial. Hide scabbard [b] with silver tip. Engraved: "Josiah Quincy, Jr. 1775"
swords
scabbards
steel (alloy)
silver (metal)
hide (collagenous material)
gilding
Sword
Sword
"Josiah Quincy, Jr. 1775" (Engraved)
Unidentified mark.
Original to Josiah Quincy House (Quincy, Mass.),
Unknown
England
3 1/2 (W) (inches)
Gift of Edmund Quincy
1972.31AB
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