Riding Sword (Reitschwert)
Artist/maker unknown, German
Geography:
Made in Saxony, Germany, Europe
Date:
1599Medium:
Etched and partially blackened steel [blade]; etched and partially blackened iron, wood, fish skin [hilt]Curatorial Department:
European Decorative Arts and Sculpture
1977-167-595Credit Line:
Bequest of Carl Otto Kretzschmar von Kienbusch, 1977
Made in Saxony, Germany, Europe
Date:
1599Medium:
Etched and partially blackened steel [blade]; etched and partially blackened iron, wood, fish skin [hilt]Curatorial Department:
European Decorative Arts and Sculpture
* Gallery 249, Arms and Armor, second floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)
Accession Number:1977-167-595Credit Line:
Bequest of Carl Otto Kretzschmar von Kienbusch, 1977
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This Reitschwert is one of eleven comparable swords that were in the Saxon electoral armory in 1606.
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