Overall: 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.)
Iron
JapaneseLead
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead
Arsenical bronze
3rd millennium BCECycladicLead
Lead
3rd century BCEEgyptianBlade: 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 centuryFrenchCast bronze with gilded silver and engraved steel
19th centuryFrench