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Talwar hilt: TEMP-AA-ARMOURWITHOUTNUMBERS-1

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Of steel, with a pistol grip, short quillons, short, broad langets, a knucklebow with a duck’s-head terminal attached to the lower quillon, and a parrot head pommel. The whole is covered in floral scrolls in gold koftgari. The ‘eyes’ of the parrot are formed as raised rings roughly where an earlier rivet might pass through the pommel.

Notes

History note: Old India House, Leadenhall, London

Measurements and weight

Length: 177 mm
Weight: 232 g

Acquisition and important dates

by Old India House, Leadenhall, London

Dating

1800 CE - 1899 CE

Identification numbers

Accession number: TEMP-AA-ARMOURWITHOUTNUMBERS-1
Primary reference Number: 162289
Accession number: O.1i.1904

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 21 March 2013

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

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