IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 18935 accession number: HEN.M.215-1933 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Rapier. Fig-shaped pommel, vertically fluted with eight panels, the whole cut into a reeded pattern. Large button, which shows clearly that the pommel has been removed and the hilt dismounted in recent times. The pommel does not belong to the rest of the hilt. Spirally-fluted grip, bound with twisted wire, finished with plain steel collars at top and bottom. These may be modern. Guards, all of flat oval section, consist of a knuckle-guard and two guard-rings (the upper one joined to the knuckle-guard are flattened, widened and turned over in strong scrolls). The back of the hilt is a mirror-image of the front. Long narrow blade of strong diamond section, the faces hollowed; there is a neat shoulder at the point where the blade enters the hilt between the shells. The mid-rib of the blade is flattened below the shoulder for 2.0 cm (3/4"). Norman, type ..? 62 (variant). Pommel, type 74. title: rapier LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: J.S. Henderson creditline: J.S. Henderson Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18935 CATEGORIES ------ category: weapons DATING ------ creation date: 1620 - 1630 creation date earliest: 1620 creation date latest: 1630 culture: 17th Century, Mid CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 138 IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa25/HEN_M_215_1933_281_29.jpg height: 142 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa25/mid_HEN_M_215_1933_281_29.jpg height: 93 pixels width: 498 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa25/HEN_M_215_1933_281_29.jpg height: 142 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa25/preview_HEN_M_215_1933_281_29.jpg height: 47 pixels width: 250 pixels 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