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Swords: M0025
Title
Charles Fechter's stage sword
Technique
Mixed media
Subject
Dimensions
Height: 97cm
Width: 17cm
Depth: 2.5cm
Width: 17cm
Depth: 2.5cm
Other materials
In velvet scabard (79.5 long); the hilt is set with coloured stones
Inscription/signature
"Charles Fechter's sword presented to Osmond Tearle by Lester Wallack New York May 28 1889" (engr: verso of hilt)
Provenance
Presented to the Garrick Club by Godfrey Tearle, 1947
Other number
Gift 660
A similar sword can be seen being worn by Charles Fechter in photographs of him in the role of Hamlet.
