IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 162291 accession number: ARM.181-1912 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 14 December 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: The steel blade has a medial rib swelling into a slightly reinforced point. At the forte is a large swollen ricasso block with dentated edge. The hilt is of rock crystal, with a waisted, faceted section at the centre and a silver gilt central band with a medial moulding. The scabbard is of wood covered with black silk. The chape and throat are of silver gilt, the subsidiary edges scalloped with central lotus buds, the throat with a small fretted hinged loop for attachment to a sash. title: dagger NOTES ----- type: history note value: unknown before testator LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: C. B. Marlay creditline: C.B. Marlay Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/162291 CATEGORIES ------ category: weapons DATING ------ creation date: 1700 - 1799 creation date earliest: 1700 creation date latest: 1799 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 3.3 dimension: Weight units: g value: 228