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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): circa 1600 - 1700; Classification(s): weapons, dagger; Acquisition: given by Taylor, Robert, MA, 1879, Given by Robert Taylor, MA [O.105-1879]
Description: The blade of steel is straight and double edged, with a medial rib and hollow ground at either side. The hilt is formed of two broad rectangular section bars joined by a grip formed of two bars with central fluted balusters, and mouldings at either side. At the front is a deeply curved concave bar attached to the blade by langets terminating in lotus buds, with a single rivet. The bars and langets are bordered by bands of engraved wavy lines, the ground between being fretted with an interlace pattern. The inside of the front bar and the langets are similarly decorated with crude incised flowers and hatching. Much of the decoration is obscured by thick black paint. The blade is pitted from its earlier corrosion | 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=17th Century; start=1600; end=1700 | 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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