Master GG (French, active ca. 1774). Smallsword with Scabbard, hallmarked 1773–74. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Annie Laurie Aitken Charitable Lead Trust Gift, and Gift of William H. Riggs, by exchange, 1998 (1998.35a, b) | An example of the highest quality Parisian goldsmiths' work, the hilt is decorated with figures of the Classical deities Mars, Minerva, Jupiter, and Hercules, and the personifications of Justice and Prudence. #sword