Smallsword Hilt and Blade
Object type: Smallsword hilt and blade
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: hilt, Japanese, possibly Dejima; blade, European
Date: ca. 1730
Medium: Steel, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold
Dimensions: Hilt (a); L. approx. 7 in. (17.8 cm); W. approx. 4 in. (10.2 cm); Wt. 5.3 oz. (150.3 g); blade (b); L. 40 1/8 in. (101.9 cm); Wt. 5.5 oz. (155.9 g)
Classification: Swords
Geography:  Nagasaki     
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