Maker: Unknown
The steel blade is small, single edged and bearded, with a flat square back. It is decorated with a band of gold koftgari floral ornament around the sides and on the top and bottom of the blade, and chiselled with riders hunting with hawk and sword at either side, and a hawk attacking a dove on the back. The haft is formed of a round steel tube, reeded for most of its length between mouldings, and corroded black. At the bottom is a faceted dome with a faceted oval finial.
History note: No provenance obvious
Length: 560 mm
Weight: 995 g
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
19th Century
1800
CE
-
1899
CE
Head
Length 140 mm
Blade
Width 95 mm
Accession number: TEMP-AA-ARMOURWITHOUTNUMBERS-9
Primary reference Number: 162542
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Axes (tools)" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/162542 Accessed: 2024-11-05 05:47:06
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