IDENTIFIERS
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id:	159934
accession number:	O.155-1879

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Large and heavy, of steel, comprising a long round-section spike, double fluted knops with mouldings at either side, and a short socket with a flanged rim decorated with three layers of petals and a seam running up one side, decorated with incised lines at either end. The whole is polished bright with pitting and both knops are dented, the smaller one corroding through in places. There is some active corrosion on the socket
title:	butt spike

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Robert Taylor
creditline: Given by Robert Taylor, MA

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/159934





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1600 - 1700
creation date earliest:	1600
creation date latest:	1700
culture:	17th Century#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 34

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 545



CITATIONS
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List of arms presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Robert Tayler, Esq. February 10 1879
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