Smallsword with Scabbard
Object type: Smallsword with scabbard
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: French
Artist: C. Liger
Artist bio: French, Paris, recorded 1770–93
Artist role: Sword cutler
Artist nationality: French
Date: ca. 1780
Medium: Steel, silver, gold, wood, textile, fishskin
Dimensions: L. with scabbard 38 5/8 in. (98.1 cm); L. without scabbard 38 1/8 in. (96.8 cm); L. of blade 31 1/2 in. (80 cm); W. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); D. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); Wt. 13 oz. (368.54 g); Wt. of scabbard 2.5 oz. (70.9 g)
Classification: Swords
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