Rapier with Scabbard
Object type: Rapier with scabbard
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: German, Saxony
Date: ca. 1590
Medium: Steel, silver, leather
Dimensions: L. with scabbard 51 1/2 in. (130.8 cm); L. without scabbard 50 1/2 in. (128.3 cm); L. of blade 41 1/2 in. (105.4 cm); W. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm); Wt 4 lb. 9.8 oz. (2092.8 g); Wt. of scabbard 9.4 oz. (266.5 g)
Classification: Swords
Geography:    Saxony   
Credit line: Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. de Forest, 1929
Accession year: 1929