IDENTIFIERS
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id:	158380
accession number:	O.70-1879

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The steel blade is curved and single edged with flat back. The iron hilt, of Indo-Muslim type, has short quillons with rounded terminals, long langets with stylised bud finials, an angular, faceted baluster grip, a thick, shallow dish pommel with a thick rim, petalled washer, fluted dome and oval finial. A thick double curved knucklebow runs from the lower quillon to end in a recurved ribbed acorn by the pommel. The blade and hilt have numerous spots of staining and corrosion under the grease, and the hilt has several copper brazed joins
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/158380





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1840
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1840
culture:	19th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Blade Length
units: cm
value: 78

dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 91.2

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 1110



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