Officer's Plug Bayonette
c.1690
Overall: 46.6 cm (18 3/8 in.); Blade: 30.2 cm (11 7/8 in.); Quillions: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); Grip: 15.4 cm (6 1/16 in.)
Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1659
Used increasingly in warfare during the 1600s, the plug bayonet was inserted into the muzzle of a gun to make a weapon with a long shaft. This eventually made the use of pikemen in warfare obsolete as the new musketeer could now continue after having run out of shots.
Artifact
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Terms
Culture
England, 17th century
Technique
steel serrated blade, brass, and wood
Genre
Arms and Armor
Department
Medieval Art
Relations
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