Unknown (Uncertain)
Large ovoid pommel, vertically facetted (the facets are much worn). Knuckle-guard, loop-guards and five ring-guards of circular section. Long quillons strongly recurved vertically (in the plane of the blade) also of circular section. The back-guards are a mirror image of the five ring-guards and loop-guard forward guards. The lowest of the five rings on each side diminishing in size downwards, are filled with thin plates in place and are modern reinforcements for the older repair, where a small rectangular plate has been riveted across from one guard-plate to the other. This repair is only on the forward face of the hilt, and is not repeated on the back. Blade of flat hexagonal section with a short narrow fuller at the forte marked on each side 'TOMAS AYALA'.
Norman hilt type 68
History note: Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex
J.S. Henderson Bequest
Length: 128.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933-03-16) by Henderson, James Stewart
17th Century#
Circa
1625
-
1640
(?) Italian style
This is a very heavy, clumsy sword of massive proportions, very handsome in appearance, but very heavy and slow in the hand.
Sword
composed of
steel
Ring-guard
Length 10.0 cm
Blade
Length 106.0 cm
Hilt
Length 22.7 cm
Width 2.5 cm
Inscription present: card tag
Inscription present: metal tag
Accession number: HEN.M.218-1933
Primary reference Number: 18944
Old object number: B259
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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