IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 159715 accession number: O.122-1879 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Made of steel, with short quillons springing from a large quillon block, long langets terminating in lotus buds, a rather angular knuckle-bow terminating in a dragon head, a baluster shaped grip, a wide, flat disc pommel with a wide, low dome with petalled edge and a short, curved spike finial. The surface is entirely plain. There is a nasty jagged hole through the pommel title: sword hilt 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/159715 CATEGORIES ------ category: weapons DATING ------ creation date: 1800 - 1879 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1879 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 19.5 dimension: Weight units: g value: 242 dimension: Width units: cm value: 10 CITATIONS -------- List of arms presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Robert Tayler, Esq. February 10 1879 ---