Dress Sword with belt
Object type: Dress sword with belt
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: blade, German, Solingen; hilt and belt, Portuguese
Date: blade dated 1767; hilt, 1810; belt, 18th century
Medium: Steel, bronze, gold, malachite, silk, silver
Dimensions: L. 33 3/4 in. (85.7 cm); L. of blade 28 13/16 in. (73.2 cm); W. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); D. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 4 oz. (567 g)
Classification: Swords
Geography:  Solingen     
Credit line: Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Funds from various donors, 1929
Accession year: 1929