Sword in Museum Identification

[Ferguson]

Thanks for the reply Jim. I misspoke when I said Confederate soldier. It was supposedly used in the Revolutionary war by a Colonist. I didn't take notes at the museum, and my memory is like Swiss cheese!

Steve

[koto]

late Qing Dynasty Chinese jian for sure

[Ferguson]

Originally Posted by koto

late Qing Dynasty Chinese jian for sure

Thank you sir!
Steve

[josh stout]

So it is just a catalogue error. A jian could have made it into the hands of a colonist but it could not have traveled back in time from the late Qing (~1900) to the time of the Revolution.
Josh

[laEspadaAncha]

Originally Posted by josh stout

So it is just a catalogue error. A jian could have made it into the hands of a colonist but it could not have traveled back in time from the late Qing (~1900) to the time of the Revolution.
Josh

You obviously have never seen the Chinese historical epic Crouching Tiger, Hidden Flux Capacitor.

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by laEspadaAncha

You obviously have never seen the Chinese historical epic Crouching Tiger, Hidden Flux Capacitor.

JUDL!!!! Chris, you are the absolute best! Fell outa my chair on that one
Thank you.

Very well observed Josh, and Koto I apologize for not noting your well placed and obviously most important observation. It would seem Steve that your reference to Confederate use was actually quite a Freudian slip and not misspoken at all
Returning to my alternate scenario with possible use in the Civil War period of an obviously trade grade weapon from China, the Qing period of course was officially considered until 1911. The China clippers bringing such items back in the mid 19th century into the American ports of course presents a means for arrival of the weapon in this country.

Naturally these scenarios are nothing more than positive speculation and exercising the historical detection paradigm which I thought would be interesting, but this indeed may be a blatant misteake in display as originally presumed

All best regards,
Jim

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by Ferguson

Thanks for the reply Jim. I misspoke when I said Confederate soldier. It was supposedly used in the Revolutionary war by a Colonist. I didn't take notes at the museum, and my memory is like Swiss cheese!

Steve

You're welcome Steve, and I didn't mean to make that point critically as I couldnt make out the label myself but wanted to address as either or. What I wanted to illustrate is that these kinds of errors are not necessarily unusual in museum situations in those smaller institutions, but often the circumstances can be even more intriguing.

I wanted to commend your deftly handled communication with the museum in having the error corrected, and for sharing it here so we could experience the situation and circumstances as well. The curators response was also extremely professional resulting in a pleasant resolution and learning experience for us.

Memory????about what??? me too !!

All the best,
Jim