Maker: Unknown
Steel, with a waisted leaf-shaped blade with wings at the forte, almost flat but quite heavy, with a fuller at either side of a low medial ridge at either side and of quite rough construction. It is made in one piece with its socket to which it is joined by a moulded knop, the socket plain with a weld down one side and solid reinforcing ring also of steel at the bottom. The steel is pitted where is has been heavily corroded then polished bright. The section of socket below the ring has not been cleaned. A fragment of the presumably original wooden haft survives in the socket
History note: Probably from the Tanjore armoury, broken up in 1860 (see documentation Elgood 2004).
Given by Robert Taylor, MA
Blade Length: 20.2 cm
Blade Width Max: 5.2 cm
Overall Length: 41.2 cm
Weight: 540 g
Method of acquisition: Given (1879) by Taylor, Robert, MA
18th Century
Circa
1700
CE
-
1800
CE
Accession number: O.41-1879
Primary reference Number: 158349
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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