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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.107-1879]
Description: The blade of steel is straight and double edged, with four deep V-shaped fullers at the forte, and a very heavy reinforced point. The hilt is formed of two long rectangular section bars joined by a grip formed of two bars of round section, swelling slightly to their centres, and by a V-shaped bar attached to the blade. The hilt is decorated with a floral diaper in silver koftgari, most of which is now lost. The hilt is broken in two between the grips. The blade is stained and rusting in patches | 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 dagger weapons | 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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