Bronze
ChineseLead
Lead
Silver
6th centuryAnglo-SaxonMetal with mixed-media scabbard
16th centuryJapaneseBlade: 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 centuryFrenchSteel
19th centuryTurkishPale greenish white nephrite with brass fittings; the steel blade with embellished brass handle and red hardstone handle end; Mughal style
18th-19th centuryChineseMetal
ChineseBronze
10th-8th century BCEIranianWatered steel, gold
17th centuryPersianWatered steel with gold overlay
17th centuryPersian