Thrusting Sword (<i>Spada da Stocco</i>)
Unknown
ca. 1500 · Steel, bronze, gold, wood, textile · Arms and Armor
This early sword is one of the few to retain fragments of its original grip bindings, here consisting of red and green silk. The stiff acutely pointed blade is designed to pierce the gaps between the plates of an opponent's armor.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1500
- Medium
- Steel, bronze, gold, wood, textile
- Culture
- probably Italian or Spanish
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913
