Smallsword with Scabbard

Medium

Gold, steel, copper alloy, wood, vellum, felt, gemstone

Dimensions

L. 37 7/8 in. (96.2 cm); L. of blade 31 ½ in. (80 cm); Wt. 18.4 oz. (522 g); scabbard L. 31 3/16 in. (79.2 cm); Wt. 2.7 oz. (77 g)

Classification

Swords

Culture

hilt and scabbard, probably Spanish; blade, German, Solingen

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of The Robert M. Lee Foundation, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary, 2018

Accession Number

2018.856.17a, b