Overall: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.)
Cast copper
3rd millennium BCEIndianCopper
3rd millennium BCECypriotArsenical bronze
3rd millennium BCECycladicCast bronze with gilded silver and engraved steel
19th centuryFrenchLead
Lead
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 centuryFrenchLead
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead
3rd century BCEEgyptian