Cup-Hilted Rapier

Medium

Steel, iron wire

Dimensions

L. 49 1/2 in. (125.7 cm); L. of blade 44 1/2 in. (113 cm); W. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm); D. 5 in. (12.7 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 1 oz. (935.5 g)

Classification

Swords

Culture

blade, German; hilt, Italian

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913

Accession Number

14.25.1180