The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dirk with Sheath, Knife and Fork

Unrecorded artist

1822

Attribution

Unrecorded artist

Medium

Steel, silver, leather, wood

Physical dimensions

Dirk (a); L. with sheath 17 3/4 in. (45.1 cm); L. without sheath 17 3/8 in. (44.1 cm); L. of blade 13 in. (33 cm); W. 1 5/8 in. (4.15 cm); W. of blade 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); thickness of blade 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 9 oz. (255.1 g); Wt. of sheath 3.7 oz. (104.9 g); knife (c); L. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm); Wt. 1 oz. (28.3 g); fork (d); L. 6 15/16 in. (17.6 cm); Wt. 1.2 oz. (34 g)

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Alexander McMillan Welch, in memory of Alexander McMillan Welch, 1945