IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 162547 accession number: TEMP-AA-ARMOURWITHOUTNUMBERS14 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 16 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: The blade is single-edged, slightly curved and widening slightly to the centre. It has a very short second edge at the tip, and a short, V-shaped fuller at the forte which runs on one side into a rather wavy incised line. The hilt is formed of a rough bone grip with a copper alloy ferrule and pommel cap, both roughly cylindrical. The scabbard is of wood lacquered black with a thickened section at the throat, one fine binding in red-lacquered cane, and two cruder bindings in plain cane. There are numerous patches of damage on the scabbard where the lacquer is rubbed off and the back cracked. title: sword NOTES ----- type: history note value: no provenance LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/162547 CATEGORIES ------ category: weapons DATING ------ creation date: 1800 - 1899 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1899 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: mm value: 540 dimension: Weight units: g value: 535