Parrying Dagger
Unknown Artist
ca. 1650–75
Medium
Steel, iron
Dimensions
L. 23 1/4 in. (59.1 cm);L. of quillon 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm); W. of ricasso 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); L. of blade 18 11/16 in. (47.4 cm); W. of blade 13/16 in. (2.1 cm); D. of blade 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 6 oz. (624 g)
Classification
Daggers
Culture
Italian, possibly Naples
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Alan Rutherfurd Stuyvesant, 1951
Accession Number
51.170.2