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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): circa 1700 - 1800; Classification(s): weapons, sword; Acquisition: given by Taylor, Robert, MA, 1879, Given by Robert Taylor, MA [O.62-1879]
Description: Forward angled, single edged steel blade of almost flat section, with a low medial ridge at the forte. The original wooden hilt is long and thin, with a long iron ferrule with three iron reinforcing bands and crenelated upper edge, secured by a single rivet. The remainder of the hilt is faceted, and cut away at the underside leaving the pommel section proud to form a grip | 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: | Unknown weapons sword | Temporal: | name=18th century; start=1700; end=1800 | 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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