1592961201000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-160100 1754330634266 1754303186000 1754330627086 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-160100 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/160100 8ab3f64b-590e-396d-9e15-af0b4accd730 8 reference term-86575 adlib-term-86575 5649d0d3-83e1-34de-a436-f231b1f04c9b weapons reference term-126216 adlib-term-126216 6c7247d5-cf34-3e0d-a07e-9ae6b2743929 Robert Taylor reference term-106692 adlib-term-106692 ed7baa11-5901-3307-81b6-77370e40ebb4 wood Scabbard reference term-114506 adlib-term-114506 08801a94-6b8b-3b2b-bfe2-187a7bf43425 iron Hilt reference term-40136 adlib-term-40136 28e1cd6e-7c25-339f-8cd2-2aaae536a0c5 steel Blade Applied Arts The blade, of watered crucible steel (Wootz), is curved and single edged with flat back. The iron hilt, of pistol-grip type, has short quillons with rounded terminals, long langets with stylised bud finials, a oval section grip bent over at the pommel and a double curved knucklebow with a scrolling finial. The hilt is chiselled and heavily gilt with animals in a landscape, including lions, antelope and birds. The scabbard is of wood covered with crimson velvet with a gold tape down the rear seam, two suspension loops and a long chape decorated en suite with the hilt O.176-1879 1 accession number O.176-1879 160100 priref 160100 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/160100 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/160100 inscribed 176 tag Blade signed ‘Asad Allah Isfahani’ in a cartouche. reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Robert Taylor, MA reference agent-180016 adlib-agent-180016 de4194d2-ab82-3bf8-95cd-a266949bffea Taylor, Robert, MA 1879 1879 1879 given Entry date: 1879-02-10 1600 1600 CE 1600 circa 1600 1865 Persian blade 17th century, Indian mounts and scabbard made in 1865 1 1865 CE 1865 1865 mount maker reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown blade maker reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown ‘Belonged to the Nawab (printed ‘Ninvab, showing Cambridge 1879 was based on an ill-written MS) of Junjjur. The gold wrought mounts are Indian: more than 2 oz of gold was beaten on them in 1865’. reference term-148175 adlib-term-148175 220ffa4c-1c70-377b-a6f5-5b3931aca61a 2nd Millennium, Late reference term-106787 adlib-term-106787 1a9822e8-4f24-3dab-8ea0-50acb9edb236 literal India India country mounts and scabbard only India Blade Length cm 79.5 Overall Length cm 92 Weight g 845 reference term-42208 adlib-term-42208 56bdf465-22ee-3b51-a8c4-fe4a29b1ca93 sword shamshir reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference publication-6089 adlib-publication-6089 762534e6-b9a6-3c98-ad56-fac315162b46 List of arms presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Robert Tayler, Esq. February 10 1879

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sword object OBJECT