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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1530; Classification(s): weapons, two-handed sword, casting (process), sword, cast; Acquisition: bequeathed by Henderson, James Stewart, 1933-03-16 [HEN.M.195-1933]
Description: Two-handed sword, with flamboyant blade and leather covered ricasso. Blade below ricasso bears vice marks and hilt is suspiciously fresh and uncorroded compared to blade (though grip appears to be old); is the guard and pommel later than the blade? [D. Edge, 9/3/93]. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | two-handed sword Unknown weapons | Temporal: | name=early 16th Century; start=1530; end=1530 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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