1592984181000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-18874 1747160050651 1714401684000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-18874 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18874 fc4baa2c-9945-3137-8c22-3bf0f9cc73f5 6 reference term-86575 adlib-term-86575 5649d0d3-83e1-34de-a436-f231b1f04c9b weapons Width cm 31.1 Across Quillons Width cm 5.4 Blade Applied Arts 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? M.2-1949 1 accession number M.2-1949 18874 priref 18874 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18874 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18874 the F is written backwards punched AFORBES reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Bought with the General Duplicates Fund reference agent-149932 adlib-agent-149932 86dcd948-71e5-311d-99f3-33ae36f683d5 Christie's 1949 1949 1949-03-11 bought Entry date: 1949-03-11 1500 1500 CE 1500 circa 1500 1530 1 1530 CE 1530 1530 production reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown The claymore is a two-handed sword of a type used in Scotland from the 15th to 17th century. The claymore, which has this very distinctive form of hilt and guard, was used in Scotland, its name said to be derived from the Gaelic for great sword, claidheamh-mor. The claymore became well known through the writings of Sir Walter Scott in the 19th century and became, along with the kilt, very strongly associated with the rise in Scottish romanticism. This, very characteristic, example has the name AFORBES (with the F the wrong way round) on one side of the blade, probably the name of a former owner. reference term-106256 adlib-term-106256 1bd8ad44-09c2-3c55-825a-635e463bb56b 16th Century, Early reference term-109199 adlib-term-109199 2a761157-5266-399e-8576-a06da710bb9a literal Scotland Scotland country Scotland reference term-40136 adlib-term-40136 28e1cd6e-7c25-339f-8cd2-2aaae536a0c5 steel Length cm 135.4 reference media-13576 adlib-media-13576 2c4ab43e-392c-396c-b448-533f230153cf jpeg aa/aa19/M_2_1949.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 400 1616246714564 1 image jpeg aa/aa19/M_2_1949.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 400 1616246714564 1 image jpeg aa/aa19/M_2_1949.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 400 1616246714564 1 image jpeg aa/aa19/preview_M_2_1949.jpg 1 height pixels 475 width pixels 250 1616246714564 1 image 0 media image reference term-87056 adlib-term-87056 0394fd5f-b0c1-3598-9edb-c526293e9cd7 claymore two-handed sword history note Christie's, London, 3 March, 1949, Lot 76, vendor not named reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum

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claymore sword, cast reference term-26699 adlib-term-26699 a385eebb-7834-3204-a17f-d9c3cd15d9b8 casting (process) object OBJECT