IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 158375 accession number: O.65-1879 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Straight steel blade, of T-section with a slightly curved single edge and two incised lines at the forte. The hilt is beaked, formed of two panels of wood carved with C-shaped grooves and held on by two rivets each. At the junction with the hilt is a iron ferrule half of which is missing, covering the transition from the narrow hilt to the broad blade. The hilt plaque is cracked through on the complete side 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/158375 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: 45 dimension: Blade Width Max units: cm value: 5.8 dimension: Overall Length units: cm value: 59.5 dimension: Weight units: g value: 476 CITATIONS -------- List of arms presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Robert Tayler, Esq. February 10 1879 ---