IDENTIFIERS
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id:	158378
accession number:	O.68-1879

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 17 June 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The steel blade is probably European, curved and single edged for most of its length, with a flat back accompanied by two fullers. The iron hilt, of Indo-Muslim type, with short quillons with rounded terminals, short langets with stylised bud finials, a rounded baluster grip, a thick, shallow dish pommel with a dome and pierced finial. The hilt was originally covered with tiger stripes, bubri, probably in koftgari; only their outlines can now be seen. The blade and hilt have numerous spots of staining and corrosion under the grease
title:	sword

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Robert Taylor
creditline: Given by Robert Taylor, MA

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/158378





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1760 - 1800
creation date earliest:	1760
creation date latest:	1800
culture:	18th Century, Late

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Blade Length
units: cm
value: 76.5

dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 89

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 885



CITATIONS
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List of arms presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Robert Tayler, Esq. February 10 1879
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