Parrying Dagger

Artiste inconnu

Date: ca. 1650–75

Technique: 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

Gift of Alan Rutherfurd Stuyvesant, 1951