Cup-Hilted Rapier

Medium

Steel, wood, iron wire

Dimensions

L. 41 1/8 in. (104.5 cm); L. of blade 36 in. (91.4 cm); W. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm); D. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 14 oz. (850.5 g)

Classification

Swords

Culture

blade, German, Solingen; hilt, Spanish

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913

Accession Number

32.75.232