Dirk with Sheath
Object type: Dirk with sheath
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: possibly French
Date: 1850–70
Medium: Steel, silver, velvet
Dimensions: L. with sheath 11 in. (27.9 cm); L. without sheath 10 1/4 in. (26 cm); L. of blade 6 5/8 in. (16.9 cm); W. 1 3/16 in. (3 cm); W. of blade 1 3/16 in. (3 cm); thickness of blade 1/8 in. (0.3 cm); Wt. 5 oz. (141.7 g); Wt. of sheath 1 oz. (28.3 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