Maker: Unknown
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
Given by Robert Taylor, MA
Length: 50 cm
Weight: 410 g
Method of acquisition: Given (1879) by Taylor, Robert, MA
18th Century, Late
Circa
1760
CE
-
1800
CE
Taylor’s list records laconically ‘common bayonet’.
Inscription present: Stamped 34 and something like a little castle.
Inscription present: adhesive
Accession number: O.94-1879
Primary reference Number: 158409
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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