Cleaver or faggot-knife

Medium

Steel

Dimensions

Overall (blade): 15 × 7 3/8 in. (38.1 × 18.7 cm); Length (handle): 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)

Classification

Metalwork-Steel

Culture

possibly Swiss

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of R. Stuyvesant, 1891

Accession Number

91.16.3