Parrying Dagger
Object type: Parrying dagger
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Italian, possibly Naples
Date: ca. 1650–75
Medium: 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
Geography:  possibly Naples     
Credit line: Gift of Alan Rutherfurd Stuyvesant, 1951
Accession year: 1951