IDENTIFIERS
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id:	18874
accession number:	M.2-1949

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 19 April 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The pommel is from a basket-hilted sword. An inscription 'AFORBES' (with the F the wrong way round) is punched (pontillé style) along one length (nothing on the other): name of previous owner?
title:	claymore

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Christie's, London, 3 March, 1949, Lot 76, vendor not named


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Bought with the General Duplicates Fund

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18874





TECHNIQUES
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sword, cast
casting (process)

CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1500 - 1530
creation date earliest:	1500
creation date latest:	1530
culture:	16th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 135.4



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