1592999394000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-18964 1747160053145 1714398857000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-18964 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18964 1e256e18-9ffb-3e94-b052-f92e99727113 10 reference term-86575 adlib-term-86575 5649d0d3-83e1-34de-a436-f231b1f04c9b weapons reference term-108941 adlib-term-108941 bda2218a-91c2-3b79-99c1-49e47cc3aff1 J.S. Henderson reference term-32234 adlib-term-32234 96ff7097-33c1-398e-891e-22b7705b69fe wood (plant material) Grip reference term-5127 adlib-term-5127 8268a9a5-a090-3d77-aca9-5ee696f565e2 fluting reference term-37424 adlib-term-37424 3a890bca-aa0e-3843-a2b9-703f4443354c iron (metal) Length cm 16.5 Hilt reference term-40136 adlib-term-40136 28e1cd6e-7c25-339f-8cd2-2aaae536a0c5 steel Length cm 91.3 Blade reference term-109210 adlib-term-109210 b2c0e623-12b4-3812-a77a-400bf22ad13f waved Width cm 14.5 Quillons Width cm 2.3 Blade At Hilt Sword sword, cast, with waved blade reference term-26699 adlib-term-26699 a385eebb-7834-3204-a17f-d9c3cd15d9b8 casting (process) Applied Arts Rapier, with the proportions of a small sword. Oval pommel of rounded rectangular plan, each of the four faces being decorated with an indent of 1.9 cm (3/4") of the height of the pommel. Grip of oval section, of dark wood spirally fluted. Long arched quillons of circular section, quite thin, with a small ecusson. Forward ring-guard of the same section as the quillons. There is no knuckle-guard and no back-guard. Slender elegant blade of flat hexagonal section, forged in a close waved form. The upper part of the blade is of flat hexagonal section with two deep narrow fullers, which are pierced à jour, with a strong and deep shoulder below the iron hilt. HEN.M.224-1933 1 accession number HEN.M.224-1933 18964 priref 18964 Fitzwilliam Museum old object number PB 103 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18964 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18964 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum J.S. Henderson Bequest reference agent-154334 adlib-agent-154334 28c0c8e2-3ec7-3d3a-9e13-b60fa3a6b434 Henderson, James Stewart 1933 1933 1933-03-16 bequeathed Bequeathed by Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex, 1933, bequest no. B242 1600 1600 1600 circa 1600 1630 1 1630 1630 1630 maker reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown Swords with waved blades have been known for the past century by collectors as 'Flamberge' swords. This term has its origin in a number of sources. Firstly, one of the swords of Roland was, in legend, called Flamberge, by inference a large slashing sword. Secondly, in the 17th century Moliese, in one of his slays, used the expression 'Mettre Flamberge are vent', to describe the rather ridiculous flourish of a foppish character drawing of a small sword as if it were the great Flamberge itself. Thirdly, the name was associated with long French duelling swords of the mid-17th century, in which blades could be up to 183 cm (6ft) long. The spectacular wavy edged blade is often called flamboyant and is uncommon. The grip is original but has lost its wire binding which would have completely covered it. 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