Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
July 25, 1808
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 32
Additional Source Text:
Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 8 Oct 1808 reads: "A Japan Sabre, the hilt ornamented with Rice and Silk, the blade is of so excellent a temper that a nail may be cut in two without injuring it."
