Executioner's Sword with Scabbard
Object type: Executioner's sword with scabbard
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: German, possibly Solingen
Date: ca. 1673
Medium: Steel, brass, leather, shagreen
Dimensions: L. with scabbard 44 1/2 in. (113 cm); L. without scabbard 42 1/2 in. (107.9 cm); L. of blade 33 1/8 in. (84.1 cm); W. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm); Wt. 4 lb. 7 oz. (2012.8 g); Wt. of scabbard 7 oz. (198.4 g)
Classification: Swords
Geography:  possibly Solingen     
Credit line: Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913
Accession year: 1914