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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): circa 1800 - 1879; Classification(s): weapons, knife; Acquisition: given by Taylor, Robert, MA, 1879, Given by Robert Taylor, MA [O.65-1879]
Description: Straight steel blade, of T-section with a slightly curved single edge and two incised lines at the forte. The hilt is beaked, formed of two panels of wood carved with C-shaped grooves and held on by two rivets each. At the junction with the hilt is a iron ferrule half of which is missing, covering the transition from the narrow hilt to the broad blade. The hilt plaque is cracked through on the complete side | 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 knife | Temporal: | name=19th century; start=1800; end=1879 | 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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