IDENTIFIERS
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id:	158320
accession number:	O.16-1879

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The steel blade is straight, leaf-shaped and double edged, with a rounded point and a full length medial ridge. The hilt comprises a figure-8 guard, angled across the centre with two notches at either side, with wings and reinforces in the form of a sword blade, attached by three rivets. The grip is thin, swelling to the centre, and there is a deep but narrow dish pommel. Around the junction of the wings and langets is an angled iron band. The hilt is covered with black paint, the blade polished bright and deeply pitted from earlier corrosion. One of the reinforces is broken at the middle rivet
title:	sword

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Robert Taylor
creditline: Given by Robert Taylor, MA

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/158320





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1500 - 1600
creation date earliest:	1500
creation date latest:	1600
culture:	16th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Blade Length
units: cm
value: 79

dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 89.8

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 1075



CITATIONS
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List of arms presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Robert Tayler, Esq. February 10 1879
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