England, 17th century / c.1690
Officer's Plug Bayonette
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Officer's Plug Bayonette as arms and armor (England, 17th century · c.1690).
The owner's or maker's mark on this blade is unidentified.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this arms and armor as steel serrated blade, brass, and wood.
The museum's collection notes: 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.
FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE
The Cleveland Museum of ArtOfficer's Plug BayonetteOriginal explanation based on the sources above. Images carry their own reuse terms.