Officer's Plug Bayonette
1685–1695
- Medium
- steel serrated blade, brass, and wood
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Genre
- Arms and armor
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
England, 17th century
About
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.