Butt spike: O.156-1879

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Weapons

Description

Butt spike for a spear. Of steel, comprising a long round-section spike with a square section tip decorated with pairs of incised lines between zigzags, a double knop with mouldings at either side and a zigzag between, and a short flaring socket with a flanged, cog-like rim and a seam running up one side. The whole polished bright with pitting

Legal notes

Given by Robert Taylor, MA

Measurements and weight

Length: 33.5 cm
Weight: 384 g

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century#
Circa 1600 CE - 1700 CE

Inscription or legends present

Text: 156
Method of creation: Inscribed
Type: Tag

References and bibliographic entries

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

Identification numbers

Accession number: O.156-1879
Primary reference Number: 159935
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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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