The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Smallsword with Scabbard and Case

Michael Barnett

hallmarked for 1798–99

Attribution

Michael Barnett British, Workington, Cumberland 1758–1823 London

Medium

Steel, gold, silver, wood, vellum, leather, copper alloy, silk, felt

Physical dimensions

L. 42 3/8 in. (107.5 cm); L. of blade 35 in. (89 cm); Wt. 18.15 oz. (514 g); scabbard L. 35 3/4 in. (90.8 cm); Wt. 2.85 oz (81 g); storage case L. 46 1/8 in. (117 cm); Wt. 22.35 oz. (634 g)

Credit line

Gift of The Robert M. Lee Foundation, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary, 2018