Dirk with Sheath
Object type: Dirk with sheath
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Italian, possibly Naples
Date: 1840–60
Medium: Steel, silver, tortoiseshell
Dimensions: L. with sheath 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm); L. without sheath 13 3/8 in. (34 cm); L. of blade 8 1/4 in. (20.9 cm); W. 1 1/4 in. (3.1 cm); W. of blade 1 1/4  in. (3.1 cm); thickness of blade 3/16 in. (0.4 cm); Wt. 5 oz. (141.7 g); Wt. of sheath 2 oz. (56.7 g)
Classification: Daggers
Geography:  possibly Naples     
Credit line: 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 year: 1926