c. 19th-early 20th century
max. with handle: W. 8.5 x D. 2 x L. 27 cm (3 3/8 x 13/16 x 10 5/8 in.) blade only: W. 7.3 x L. 17.3 cm (2 7/8 x 6 13/16 in.)
Blade: steel with gold-filled incised decoration and inscriptions; handle: braided brass wire over fabric on a wooden core; guard: cast brass and gilt bronze, with profile portrait of Lafayette enframed in draped flags; lion-headed pummel: cast brass with gilt bronze decoration
18th centuryFrenchBronze, the hilt inlaid with sheet gold
ChineseBronze
10th-8th century BCEIranianSteel, jade
19th centuryIndianCast bronze
15th-14th century BCEChineseGilt bronze
8th centuryChineseBronze
2nd-1st millennium BCENear EasternElectrotype of bronze original with gold and silver; inlaid, repoussé
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanGold
4th century BCEGreek