IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 158374 accession number: O.64-1879 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Huge, with a straight steel blade, of T-section with a slightly curved single edge The hilt is beaked, formed of two panels of wood, secured by three rivets to a full-width tang which ends in a small pierced pommel finial. At the junction with the hilt is a iron ferrule covering the transition from the narrow hilt to the broad blade, with double incised lines bordering the notched front edge title: knife 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/158374 CATEGORIES ------ category: weapons DATING ------ creation date: 1800 - 1879 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1879 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Blade Length units: cm value: 59.5 dimension: Blade Width Max units: cm value: 7.2 dimension: Overall Length units: cm value: 75 dimension: Weight units: g value: 805 CITATIONS -------- List of arms presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Robert Tayler, Esq. February 10 1879 ---