19th century
Lead
Steel, watered steel, and gold
18th-19th centuryIndianLead
RomanElectrotype of bronze original with gold; engraved
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanNephrite
ChineseCopper alloy
2nd millennium BCEIrishArsenical copper
3rd millennium BCEGreekBronze, the hilt inlaid with sheet gold
ChineseCopper
15th-13th century BCEHittiteLeaded bronze
16th-13th century BCEEuropeanBronze
11th-8th century BCEChineseLead