Cup-Hilted Rapier

Medium

Steel, copper wire

Dimensions

L. 46 3/4 in. (118.8 cm); L. of blade 42 1/2 in. (108 cm); W. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm); D. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); Wt. 2 lb. (907.2 g)

Classification

Swords

Culture

hilt, Spanish; blade, German, Solingen

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913

Accession Number

14.25.1009