110 BULLETIN 16 3, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Sunday School Children of Texas to Captain John W. Philip, Com- 

 mander of the battleship Texas, in recognition of his bravery and 

 acknowledgment of Almighty God — 1898." The grip is covered with 

 white fishskin wound with nine turns of gold wire. The pommel is 

 of Phrygian helmet shape, the lower part being decorated with the 

 United States coat of arms in relief and the shield on the eagle's 

 breast being of colored enamels; the end is covered with a blue- 

 enamel shield with a gold star set with a single diamond in the 

 center on a white-enamel disk. The guard consists of a circular 

 strip, which expands into a broad oval quillon and terminates above 

 the blade in the heads of two sea serpents and two brass mounts 

 decorated with rope cables, the upper one in addition bearing the 

 monogram " J. W. P." in blue enamel within a wreath of oak leaves. 

 A second sword owned by Rear Admiral Philip is one ^° presented 

 to him by friends and fellow citizens of New York. The blade is 

 straight with a medium groove. The obverse is inscribed in gold 

 script : " To Commander John W. Philip, from his friends and fel- 

 low citizens of New York." The reverse is decorated in gold chas- 

 ing with a view of the battleship Texas, with an anchor and a star 

 to the left and a scroll inscribed " Battleship Texas " on one side, 

 and a scroll inscribed " Santiago, Cuba, July 3, 1898," on the other. 

 The grip, which is unusually large, is covered with mother-of-pearl 

 and wound diagonally with gold wire; the end is covered with a 

 gold band bearing the United States arms in relief, the shield on the 

 eagle's breast being of colored enamel. The guard consists of a cir- 

 cular brass strip, the rear end of which is covered with a spray of 

 oak leaves and set with two diamonds; the whole terminates in a 

 broad oval quillon ending above the blade in a sea serpent's head. 

 Half of the quillon is solid, the front being decorated with a laurel 

 spray and the rear with a shield surmounted by an eagle on a globe. 

 The scabbard is made of nickled steel with a gold-mounted tip and 

 two gold-mounted rings, one of which is decorated with a sea horse 

 and the other with the head of Neptune on one side and a gold star 

 set with a diamond on the other ; between the two appears the gold 

 monogram " J. W. P." set with diamond chips and surrounded by 

 a gold laurel wreath set with diamonds. The two presentation 

 swords just described were lent to the National Museum in 1901 by 

 Mrs. John W. Philip. 



SWORDS OWNED BY REAR ADMIRAL WINFIELD S. SCHLEY 



The Museum collection also includes three very interesting pres- 

 entation swords owned by Eear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley 



"» Length, 91.8 cm. Blade, 76.1 cm. long, 1.9 cm. wide. Inscribed " Bailey Banks & 

 Biddle Co., Phila." PI. 32, fig. 4. 



