Cup-Hilted Rapier

Carlo Piccinino

ca. 1650–75

Cup-Hilted Rapier by Carlo Piccinino

Medium

Steel, iron

Dimensions

L. 44 in. (111.8 cm); L. of blade 37 1/4 in. (94.6 cm); W. 12 1/16 in. (30.6 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 5 oz. (1048.9 g)

Classification

Swords

Culture

Italian, Milan; blade, German, Solingen

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1911

Accession Number

11.89.2

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