IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 158427 accession number: O.112-1879 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: The iron blade is crescent shaped with a deep central dip, and forged with a narrow but solid socket for the haft. It is decorated with incised lines, a band of punched crescents, a W in double incised lines and a panel of geometrical ornament at the socket. The haft is of wood, tapering above the blade to a blunt point where a top spike was originally fitted title: axes (tools) 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/158427 CATEGORIES ------ category: weapons DATING ------ creation date: 1800 - 1879 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1879 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Blade Length units: cm value: 23.5 dimension: Overall Length units: cm value: 75.8 dimension: Weight units: g value: 510 CITATIONS -------- List of arms presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Robert Tayler, Esq. February 10 1879 ---