15929997830001312637261000Standard Recordobject-158416170197593771715826364150001701975718956fitz-onlineadlib-object-158416https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/1584169870b26d-aa50-325b-95f8-ca811691b5df4referenceterm-86575adlib-term-865755649d0d3-83e1-34de-a436-f231b1f04c9bweaponsreferenceterm-126216adlib-term-1262166c7247d5-cf34-3e0d-a07e-9ae6b2743929Robert Taylorreferenceterm-40136adlib-term-4013628e1cd6e-7c25-339f-8cd2-2aaae536a0c5steelBladeApplied ArtsOf very unusual for with a small sword-like blade. The steel blade is thin, straight and double edged, of very flattened diamond section with long thin point. The hilt, of old Hindu basket form, comprises a figure-8 guard with cusps at the waist, angled across the centre, short quillons with globular terminals and langets with pierced lotus bud terminals. The guard is extended into a wide knucklebow decorated with incised lines. The grip is probably thin and of iron, but it is covered with the original padded fabric grip, which has been painted black. The pommel is a narrow, deep dish embossed with petals, and filled inside with black mastic obscuring the origins of a short curved finial.
There is a broad, almost flat dish inside which is a small dome with a four petalled washer and a short curved spike finial, ending in a flower bud. The hilt and blade are polished bright and pitted from earlier corrosionO.101-18791accession numberO.101-1879158416priref158416urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/158416https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/158416inscribed101tagadhesiveprinted101labelreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Robert Taylor, MAreferenceagent-180016adlib-agent-180016de4194d2-ab82-3bf8-95cd-a266949bffeaTaylor, Robert, MA187918791879givenEntry date: 1879-02-1016601660CE1660circa16601740probably11740CE17401740makerreferenceagent-149652adlib-agent-1496520d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98UnknownI know no other example of a complete sword of this type from India, but the blade from a firanghi-type rapier in the Royal Armouries, no. XXVIS.264 is comparable.referenceterm-110363adlib-term-110363c5f8ee2c-2176-3449-9e2c-a0b610f4e84a17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early#Blade Lengthcm73Overall Lengthcm87.8Weightg478referenceterm-42208adlib-term-4220856bdf465-22ee-3b51-a8c4-fe4a29b1ca93swordkhandareferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreferenceterm-42208adlib-term-4220856bdf465-22ee-3b51-a8c4-fe4a29b1ca93swordswordobject
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