Poignard
Object type: Poignard
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: possibly Italian
Date: 1575
Medium: Steel, bronze, gold
Dimensions: L. 15 15/16 in. (40.5 cm); L. of blade 11 5/16 in. (28.8 cm); W. 13/16 in. (2.1 cm); W. of blade 13/16 in. (2.1 cm); thickness of blade 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 12 oz. (340.2 g)
Classification: Daggers
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