Basket-hilted Sword

Johannes Wundes the Younger

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The sword features a silver-colored metal blade with serrated edges. The blade has an engraved central panel running along its length. A decorative hilt is present at the top of the blade. The hilt comprises a curved guard with three curved bands that extend from the guard towards the pommel. The pommel is round and domed. The guard and pommel display ornate engravings. The hilt's crossguard curves outward, forming a partial basket shape. A decorative finial crowns the pommel. The background of the image is gray.