The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Smallsword with Scabbard

Smallsword with Scabbard

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Smallsword with Scabbard

Master GG (French, active Paris, ca. 1774)

Date:: hallmarked 1773–74
Culture:: French, Paris
Medium:: Gold, steel, wood, fish skin
Dimensions:: L. (in scabbard) 38 5/8 in. (98.1 cm)
Classification:: Swords
Credit Line:: Purchase, Annie Laurie Aitken Charitable Lead Trust Gift, and Gift of William H. Riggs, by exchange, 1998
Accession Number:: 1998.35a, b

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 376

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