Cup-Hilted Rapier
Object type: Cup-hilted rapier
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: blade, German; hilt, Italian
Date: ca. 1650
Medium: Steel, iron wire
Dimensions: L. 49 1/2 in. (125.7 cm); L. of blade 44 1/2 in. (113 cm); W. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm); D. 5 in. (12.7 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 1 oz. (935.5 g)
Classification: Swords
Credit line: Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913
Accession year: 1913