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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): circa 1600 - 1700; Classification(s): weapons, butt spike; Acquisition: given by Taylor, Robert, MA, 1879, Given by Robert Taylor, MA [O.154-1879]
Description: Butt spike for a spear. Comprising a short round-section spike steel, decorated with sa spiral in triple incised lines, and broken off at about its mid pint, and large fluted double knops and socket divided into transverse bands separated by raised ribs, both of copper alloy. At the top is a cog-like rim of iron. The brass is dented and patinated where it is not polished bright | 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 butt spike | 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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