IDENTIFIERS
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id:	158399
accession number:	O.84-1879

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 straight and single edged for most of its length. It is quite flexible, and is from a European broadsword. At either side are fragments of European inscriptions. 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, dome and pierced finial. A double curved knucklebow runs from the lower quillon to end in a small dragon head by the pommel. The entire hilt is covered with engraved flowers, and the gold outlines of these survive on the pommel. The blade is bright with numerous spots of staining and corrosion under the grease
title:	sword

NOTES
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type: history note
value: From Jounpore (Jaupur, Uttar Pradesh)


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/158399





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1600 - 1700
creation date earliest:	1600
creation date latest:	1700
culture:	17th Century#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown
maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Blade Length
units: cm
value: 77.8

dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 90

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 865



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