IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 158382 accession number: O.72-1879 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 1 October 2012 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: The steel blade is curved and single edged, with a single fuller running most of its length. The hilt is plain, of iron with short quillons ending in flat terminals, narrow langets with globular lotus bud terminals, a slightly asymmetrical ovoid grip, slightly concave dish pommel with a medial dome and a pierced finial. Attached to the lower quillon and pommel is a rather flat knucklebow. The hilt retains some of its black paint, the blade and rest of the hilt are polished bright title: sword 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/158382 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: 72.5 dimension: Overall Length units: m value: 84 dimension: Weight units: g value: 640 CITATIONS -------- List of arms presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Robert Tayler, Esq. February 10 1879 ---