Smallsword with Scabbard

Unknown Artist

hallmarked for 1785–86

Smallsword with Scabbard by Unknown Artist

Medium

Gold, steel, wood, fish skin, textile

Dimensions

L. with scabbard 38 13/16 in. (98.6 cm); L. without scabbard 38 3/8 in. (97.5 cm); L. of blade 31 7/8 in. (81 cm); W. 4 in. (10.2 cm); D. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); Wt. 13 oz. (368.5 g); Wt. of scabbard 3 oz. (85 g)

Classification

Swords

Culture

French, Paris

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

26.145.357a, b

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