IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 158372 accession number: O.62-1879 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Forward angled, single edged steel blade of almost flat section, with a low medial ridge at the forte. The original wooden hilt is long and thin, with a long iron ferrule with three iron reinforcing bands and crenelated upper edge, secured by a single rivet. The remainder of the hilt is faceted, and cut away at the underside leaving the pommel section proud to form a grip title: sword NOTES ----- type: history note value: Probably from the Tanjore armoury, broken up in 1860 (Elgood 2004) LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Robert Taylor creditline: Given by Robert Taylor, MA STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/158372 CATEGORIES ------ category: weapons DATING ------ creation date: 1700 - 1800 creation date earliest: 1700 creation date latest: 1800 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Blade Length units: cm value: 31.9 dimension: Blade Width Max units: cm value: 7.8 dimension: Overall Length units: cm value: 51.3 dimension: Weight units: g value: 430 CITATIONS -------- Hindu Arms and Ritual: Arms and Armour from India 1400-1865 List of arms presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Robert Tayler, Esq. February 10 1879 ---