Poignard
Object type: Poignard
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Italian, Venice
Date: 1550–75
Medium: Steel
Dimensions: L. 15 9/16 in. (39.5 cm); L. of blade 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm); W. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); W. of blade 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); thickness of blade 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 13 oz. (368.5 g)
Classification: Daggers
Geography:  Venice     
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