IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 158315 accession number: O.11-1879 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: The steel blade is straight and double edged, widening slightly to the point. There is a short ricasso under the langets. The hilt, of Indo-Muslim form, comprises short quillons with rounded terminals and langets with lotus bud terminals, a double curved knucklebow with a stylised dragon finial attached to the lower quillon. The grip is of baluster form, and the pommel broad, almost flat dish inside which is a small dome with a four petalled washer and a short curved spike finial. The hilt and blade are polished bright and pitted and stained from earlier corrosion. There are traces of the original leather binding on the grip and both quillons, oddly. title: sword NOTES ----- type: history note value: From Ganjam LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Robert Taylor creditline: Given by Robert Taylor, MA STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/158315 CATEGORIES ------ category: weapons DATING ------ creation date: 1700 - 1800 creation date earliest: 1700 creation date latest: 1800 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Blade Length units: cm value: 77.8 dimension: Overall Length units: cm value: 92 dimension: Weight units: g value: 1095 CITATIONS -------- List of arms presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Robert Tayler, Esq. February 10 1879 ---