1592964547000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-18959 1747160052042 1714399793000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-18959 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18959 f3872b64-0082-37a6-9243-3439b796863a 8 person reference agent-149742 adlib-agent-149742 1d4d164f-45d5-3cec-ad71-bbc83cea9b86 woman reference term-86575 adlib-term-86575 5649d0d3-83e1-34de-a436-f231b1f04c9b weapons reference term-108941 adlib-term-108941 bda2218a-91c2-3b79-99c1-49e47cc3aff1 J.S. Henderson blackened reference term-40136 adlib-term-40136 28e1cd6e-7c25-339f-8cd2-2aaae536a0c5 steel Hilt reference term-120083 adlib-term-120083 744cf6df-d9ec-36e4-b585-daee7191fcc7 blackening reference term-40136 adlib-term-40136 28e1cd6e-7c25-339f-8cd2-2aaae536a0c5 steel Sword sword, cast, with etched and chiselled decoration, hilt of blackened steel reference term-26699 adlib-term-26699 a385eebb-7834-3204-a17f-d9c3cd15d9b8 casting (process) Length cm 101 Blade Width cm 2.5 Blade At Hilt Decoration reference term-109057 adlib-term-109057 daa6a12c-28f6-35e1-b6c0-8f22bc8b9452 chiselled reference term-99807 adlib-term-99807 6a23afb4-3d15-3ece-a1f8-29cd185df9ca etching reference term-110500 adlib-term-110500 6dc34c6c-d553-36b2-b489-9797a89deeea society/human life Applied Arts Sword. Hilt of blackened steel; cushion-shaped pommel, with a very tall button, rather crudely chiselled with a band of fleur-de-lis of alternating plain and twisted wire of varying thickness, with eight bands of thicker twisted wire. Turks' heads at top and bottom. Knuckle-guard of diamond section, chiselled into a lightly reeded pattern with large opposed acanthus elements at midpoint, the top screwed into the side of the pommel. Quillons of the same section arched towards the blade, the rear one bent inwards, finished with elaborated and delicately fashioned little acanthus loops, en suite with the decoration of the knuckle-guard. Large ring-guard on the outside of the hilt, with opposed acanthus elements at midpoint to match those on the knuckle-guard. There is a large rectangular quillon-block, from which, inside the ring on the outside of the hilt, springs a small shall-guard whose edge is scalloped in the middle, half of which is repeated on each side leaving the next of the surface reeded like the rest of the hilt. The pommel, though of the right shape, is clearly of a totally different style and quality of decoration from the rest of the hilt, though it does appear to be contemporary association. Blade of vague flat diamond section, engraved at the forte with a panel containing: a laurel wreath, below which is an oval cartouche within an impression; a smiling feminine face enclosed by a riband containing the legend 'NEC PLURIBUS IMPAR'. Below this is a second panel with a laurel wreath against a black background (?), below which is an engraved fleur-de-lis. The reverse of the blade is engraved with similar panels, but they are merely outlined and not filled in. Norman hilt type 108 (variant). HEN.M.223-1933 1 accession number HEN.M.223-1933 18959 priref 18959 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18959 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18959 rising sun on blade etched decoration on blade inscribed NEC PLURIBUS IMPAR reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum J.S. Henderson Bequest reference agent-154334 adlib-agent-154334 28c0c8e2-3ec7-3d3a-9e13-b60fa3a6b434 Henderson, James Stewart 1933 1933 1933-03-16 bequeathed bequest no. B156 1630 1630 CE 1630 circa 1630 1650 1 1650 CE 1650 1650 reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown This is a handsome, though clumsy sword, very difficult to handle. 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