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Title	Rapier
Date	ca. 1610 16th century
Medium	Steel, gold, silver
Classification	Swords
Origin	hilt, German; blade, Spanish, Toledo hilt
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Rogers Fund, 1904
Rights	Public domain (CC0)

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