Maker: Unknown
The steel blade is curved and single edged. The hilt is covered in ray-skin (shagreen or same), with a gilt copper alloy ferrule at either end, that at the guard is decorated with series of mouldings at the end.
Length: 86.5 cm
Weight: 68.5 g
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Turner, S. R.
19th Century
1800
CE
-
1899
CE
Hilt
composed of
ray skin
Ferrule
composed of
copper alloy
Blade
composed of
steel
Length 61 cm
Accession number: O.8-1973
Primary reference Number: 162429
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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