Overall: 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.)
Iron
JapaneseLead
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
3rd century BCEEgyptianBronze
6th-5th century BCEIranianLead
Lead or Pewter
Cast bronze with gilded silver and engraved steel
19th centuryFrenchLead
Cast copper
3rd millennium BCEIndianLead