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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): circa 1560 - 1600; Classification(s): weapons, dagger; Acquisition: given by Taylor, Robert, MA, 1879, Given by Robert Taylor, MA [O.146-1879]
Description: Hilt and blade are made in one piece of steel. The blade is double edged and double curved, with a chevron of four fullers down most of its length and slightly reinforced point. At the forte the blade widens into bud-like wings with piercings at either side, and there is a crudely inscribed lotus bud. The hilt is waisted, with a central squashed globular knop with double mouldings at either side, and has symmetrical curved winged guard and pommel, The flange between the wings of the pommel is extended into a finial with a D-shaped knop with two more round finials above. Most of the hilt is painted black, the blade polished bright with pitting from its earlier corrosion. Traces of silver decoration are visible on the forte of the blade. The upper part of the pommel is damaged | 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=late 16th Century; start=1560; end=1600 | 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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