Presentation Smallsword with Scabbard of Admiral Marriot Arbuthnot (1711–1794)

Medium

Gold, steel, wood, fish skin

Dimensions

L. 41 9/16 in. (105.5 cm); L. of blade 33 7/8 in. (86 cm); Wt. 11 oz. (313 g)

Classification

Swords

Culture

British

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Jean Jacques Reubell, in memory of his mother, Julia C. Coster, and of his wife, Adeline E. Post, both of New York City, 1926

Accession Number

26.145.314a, b