Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1750 - 1800; Classification(s): weapons, plug-bayonet, casting (process), blade, cast, decorated with etched and pierced silver mount; Acquisition: given by Smith, Arnold John Hugh, 1956-11-22, Given by A.J. Hugh Smith through the National Art Collections Fund [M.6-1956]
Description: Plug-bayonet, Spanish, mid-18th century. The horn grip of baluster form with silver cup mounting. Short curving quillons and blade guard of silver; decorated with flowers and leaves, the steel blade, with etched silver mount, pierced in the centre with a leaf design.