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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): circa 1640 - 1660; Classification(s): weapons, dagger; Acquisition: given by Taylor, Robert, MA, 1879, Given by Robert Taylor, MA [O.92-1879]
Description: The blade of steel is straight and double edged, cut down from an imported European broadsword blade. The hilt is formed of two plain hollow ground bars joined by a grip formed of two bars with central balusters, waisted at either side. At the front is a deeply curved concave bar attached to the blade by heavy langets terminating in multi-pointed finials, with three rivets. Two of these rivets also attach a plain, flat hand guard, which narrows to a curled end. The surfaces have been polished bright, except on the guard, and are pitted from the earlier corrosion, and stained | 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 dagger | Temporal: | name=mid 17th century; start=1640; end=1660 | 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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