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Spearhead: O.49-1879

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Small straight steel triangular blade of low diamond section, two incised lines suggesting the medial ridge. The blade is brazed to a separate socket, which is long and elegant with a brazed seam down one side, a dagged lower edge, and two reinforcing rings, the upper of D section, brazed on and bordered by three sets of double incised lines above and below, the lower a slightly cog-like ring which helps secure the socket to a fragment of the original bamboo haft

Notes

History note: Probably from the Tanjore armoury, broken up in 1860 (see documentation Elgood 2004)

Legal notes

Given by Robert Taylor, MA

Measurements and weight

Blade Length: 23.5 cm
Blade Width Max: 2.6 cm
Overall Length: 47.5 cm
Socket Length: 21.5 cm
Weight: 284 g

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1879) by Taylor, Robert, MA

Dating

18th Century
Circa 1700 CE - 1800 CE

Note

Compare the cog-like reinforces of 47.1879 and 45.1879, clearly from the same workshop (Richardson, Thom, 2007)

Components of the work

Blade composed of steel

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 49
  • Method of creation: Inscribed
  • Type: Tag

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: O.49-1879
Primary reference Number: 158357
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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