Maker: Unknown
Small waisted triangular steel blade of diamond section, with a pronounced medial ridge swelling to a reinforced point. At the base of the blade are small shoulders, and it is made in one with a plain socket of circular section with a weld line running down one side. 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: 14.5 cm
Blade Width Max: 2.9 cm
Overall Length: 25.4 cm
Weight: 19.2 g
Method of acquisition: Given (1879) by Taylor, Robert, MA
17th Century#
Circa
1600
CE
-
1700
CE
Accession number: O.53-1879
Primary reference Number: 158363
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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