19th century
36.83 cm (14 1/2 in.)
Leaded bronze
15th-13th century BCEItalicStone
20th centuryChineseBlade: 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 centuryFrenchMetal, ivory handle, incised gold floral design
17th-18th centuryPersianLead or Pewter
Lead
Arsenical copper
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianArsenical copper
3rd millennium BCESyro-HittiteCopper alloy
2nd millennium BCEEuropeanCopper
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianBronze with turquoise inlay
ChineseGilt bronze
8th centuryChinese