Maker: Unknown
Leaf shaped steel blade with a sharp medial ridge bordered by narrow fullers, and a slightly reinforced point. At the base of the blade are a pair of vestigial wings at the top of the socket, which is of round section, decorated with a series of incised lines, and has small dags at the base. Its seam runs down one side, and it is fastened to the haft by two broad, rounded reinforce decorated with double incised lines, and a central band of low cog-like ornament, both brazed on. A fragment of the original wooden haft survives. The surface is polished bright, with some pitting from its earlier corrosion, and some staining
History note: Probably from the Tanjore armoury, broken up in 1860 (see documentation Elgood 2004)
Given by Robert Taylor, MA
Blade Length: 9 cm
Blade Width Max: 2.4 cm
Overall Length: 22.7 cm
Weight: 110 g
Method of acquisition: Given (1879) by Taylor, Robert, MA
17th Century, Late
Circa
1660
CE
-
1700
CE
Compare the cog-like reinforces of O.47-1879 and O.45-1879, not exactly the same, but from a similar workshop. Also the spearhead from the Government Museum Chennai, no. 2235 (see documentation Elgood 2004), for which Elgood suggests a late 17th century date.
Blade composed of steel
Accession number: O.50-1879
Primary reference Number: 158358
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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