IDENTIFIERS
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id:	158390
accession number:	O.80-1879

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Short sword. The steel blade is straight, single edged, with a rounded angled point. The hilt has a narrow copper alloy guard, broken away from the ferrule, a waisted wooden grip partly bound with twisted copper alloy wire, the loose end secured by a nail, and a faceted pommel, matching the guard, and also with a broken away copper alloy band. The pommel cap is a separate piece, held in place by the riveted over end of the tang. All rather crude
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/158390





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1840 - 1860
creation date earliest:	1840
creation date latest:	1860
culture:	19th Century, Mid#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Blade Length
units: cm
value: 56.8

dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 72.4

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 655



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