IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 158381 accession number: O.71-1879 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: The steel blade is probably European, curved and single edged for most of its length, with a hollow ground back accompanied by a single, broad fuller. The iron hilt, of Indo-Muslim type, has short quillons with rounded terminals, short langets with stylised bud finials, a thin baluster grip, a thick, shallow dish pommel with a petalled washer, fluted dome and pierced finial. A double curved knucklebow runs from the lower quillon to end in a dragon head by the pommel. The quillon block and knucklebow are chiselled with leaves and fine ribs. The blade and hilt have numerous spots of staining and corrosion under the grease title: sword 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/158381 CATEGORIES ------ category: weapons DATING ------ creation date: 1800 - 1840 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1840 culture: 19th Century, Early# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Blade Length units: cm value: 83.5 dimension: Overall Length units: cm value: 95 dimension: Weight units: g value: 770 CITATIONS -------- List of arms presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Robert Tayler, Esq. February 10 1879 ---