Miniature Sword

Conservation Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Conservation

Examined and cleaned for exhibition.

Date	Description	Narrative
12/31/1969	Treatment	Examined, Cleaned
2/19/1963	Treatment	cleaned; coated
10/03/2001	Treatment	cleaned

Exhibitions

From Rye to Raphael: The Walters Story. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2014-2016.
Pearls on a String: Artists, Patrons, and Poets at the Great Islamic Courts. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Asian Art Museum, San Francisco. 2015-2016.

Provenance Robert S. Pardo, Istanbul; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1903; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1903

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Creator

Turkish (Artist)

Period

late 18th-19th century (Ottoman)

Medium

blade: steel, inlaid with gold; hilt; serpentine, gilded brass, diamonds, emeralds (or beryls), garnets, rubies (or spinels); sheath: gilded brass, diamonds, emeralds (or beryls), rubies (or spinels), garnets
(Arms & Armor)

Accession Number

51.81

Measurements

L: 4 5/8 x W: 5/8 x D: 1/2 in. (1.59 x 11.75 x 1.27 cm)

Geographies

Turkey (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Centre Street: Third Floor: Islamic Arms and Armor