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Bayonet: O.94-1879

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

For the India pattern musket, with a straight triangular section blade, hollow ground on the two outer facets, joined by a curved arm to a tubular socket cut with a Z-shaped slot to engage the sight of the musket, and a rounded rim cut with a rounded notch to clear the ramrod

Legal notes

Given by Robert Taylor, MA

Measurements and weight

Length: 50 cm
Weight: 410 g

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1879) by Taylor, Robert, MA

Dating

18th Century, Late
Circa 1760 CE - 1800 CE

Note

Taylor’s list records laconically ‘common bayonet’.

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: Stamped 34 and something like a little castle.

  • Type: Mark
  • Text: 94
  • Method of creation: Inscribed
  • Type: Tag

Inscription present: adhesive

  • Text: 94
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: O.94-1879
Primary reference Number: 158409

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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