Rapier

Unknown Artist

ca. 1600

Rapier by Unknown Artist

Medium

Steel, gold, silver, iron, wood

Dimensions

L. 50 in. (127 cm); L. of blade 44 3/16 in. (112.2 cm); W. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 9 oz. (1162 g)

Classification

Swords

Culture

German, possibly Saxony

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913

Accession Number

14.25.1201

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