19th century
36.83 cm (14 1/2 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 centuryFrenchLeaded bronze
2nd millennium BCENear EasternStone
IndianBronze
2nd millennium BCEGreekBronze
ChineseBronze
8th-5th century BCENear EasternIron
JapaneseCast bronze
11th century BCEChineseLeaded copper
3rd millennium BCEIranianElectrotype of bronze original with gold and silver; inlaid
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanMetal
19th centuryJapanese