Maker: Unknown
The steel blade is straight, leaf-shaped and double edged, with a rounded point and a full length medial ridge. The hilt comprises a figure-8 guard, angled across the centre with two notches at either side, with wings and reinforces in the form of a sword blade, attached by three rivets. The grip is thin, swelling to the centre, and there is a deep but narrow dish pommel. Around the junction of the wings and langets is an angled iron band. The hilt is covered with black paint, the blade polished bright and deeply pitted from earlier corrosion. One of the reinforces is broken at the middle rivet
Given by Robert Taylor, MA
Blade Length: 79 cm
Overall Length: 89.8 cm
Weight: 1075 g
Method of acquisition: Given (1879) by Taylor, Robert, MA
16th Century
Circa
1500
CE
-
1600
CE
Blade composed of steel
Inscription present: almost destroyed by oil
Accession number: O.16-1879
Primary reference Number: 158320
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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