Poignard
Object type: Poignard
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: possibly French
Date: 1575
Medium: Steel, copper wire
Dimensions: L. 14 5/16 in. (36.3 cm); L. of blade 9 13/16 in. (24.9 cm); W. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); W. of blade 7/8 in. (2.2 cm); thickness of blade 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Wt. 11 oz. (311.8 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