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Blades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (Daisho)

Long sword (katana) blade inscribed by Sukemitsu of Bizen (Japanese, Bizen, Muromachi period, active ca. 1440)

Date: long sword blade, dated 1440; short sword blade, 15th century; mountings, late 18th century
Accession Number: 36.120.417a, b, .418a–c

Pair of Flintlock Pistols of Empress Catherine the Great (1729–1796)

Johan Adolph Grecke (Russian, Saint Petersburg, recorded 1755–90)

Date: 1786
Accession Number: 1986.265.1, .2

Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver, Serial Number 12406

Samuel Colt (American, 1814–1862)

Date: ca. 1853
Accession Number: 1995.336

Sword

Date: ca. 1400
Accession Number: 32.75.225

Dagger and Sheath

Date: ca. 1605–27
Accession Number: 1984.332

Hunting Sword with Scabbard

Grip attributed to Joseph Deutschmann (German, Imst 1717–1787 Passau)

Date: ca. 1740
Accession Number: 26.145.243a, b

Crossbow of Count Ulrich V of Württemberg

Attributed to Heinrich Heid von Winterthur (probably Swiss, active Stuttgart, recorded 1453–1460)

Date: dated 1460
Accession Number: 04.3.36

Smallsword of Col. Marinus Willett (1740–1830)

C. Liger (French, Paris, recorded 1770–93)

Date: 1785–86
Accession Number: 17.87.3a, b

Saber

Date: mid-16th century
Accession Number: 36.25.1297

Flintlock Rifle

Jacob Kuntz (American, Allentown, Pennsylvania 1780–1876 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Date: ca. 1810–15
Accession Number: 42.22

Saber with Scabbard

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 23.232.2a, b

Shield

Attributed to Girolamo da Treviso (Italian, Treviso ca. 1498–1544 Boulogne-sur-Mer)

Date: ca. 1535
Accession Number: 42.50.16

Double-Barrel Breech-Loading Pinfire Shotgun

J. C. A. Brun (French, Paris, active 1849–72)

Date: dated 1866
Accession Number: 1993.415

Yataghan from the Court of Suleyman the Magnificent

Workshop of Ahmed Tekelü (possibly Iranian, active Istanbul, ca. 1520–30)

Date: ca. 1525
Accession Number: 1993.14

Cased set of a flintlock rifle, a pair of pistols, and accessories

Nicolas Noël Boutet (French, Versailles and Paris, 1761–1833)

Date: ca. 1800
Accession Number: 1970.179.1a–q

Presentation Sword with Scabbard

John Targee (American, ca. 1774–1850)

Date: ca. 1815–17
Accession Number: 22.19a, b

Sword

Date: 10th century
Accession Number: 55.46.1

Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Inscribed by Ishiguro Masayoshi (Japanese, 1772–after 1851)

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 36.120.79

Powder Horn

Date: dated 1759
Accession Number: 37.131.4

Flintlock Gun

Pierre Le Bourgeois (French, Lisieux, died 1627)

Date: ca. 1620
Accession Number: 1972.223

Rapier of Prince-Elector Christian II of Saxony

Israel Schuech (German, Dresden, active 1590–1610)

Date: dated 1606
Accession Number: 1970.77

Double-Barreled Wheellock Pistol Made for Emperor Charles V (reigned 1519–56)

Peter Peck (German, Munich, 1503–1596)

Date: ca. 1540–45
Accession Number: 14.25.1425

Blade for a Dagger (Tanto)

Rai Kunitoshi (Japanese, active ca. 1290–ca. 1320)

Date: ca. 1315–16
Accession Number: 1991.373a, b

Presentation Smallsword

Made by James Morisset (English, London, active 1768–1800)

Date: hallmarked for 1797–98
Accession Number: 26.145.315a, b