IDENTIFIERS
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id:	159940
accession number:	O.161-1879

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 18 December 2012

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The steel blade is forward curved and slender, the flat back at the forte accompanied by two fullers, and with a double nick at the forte on the forward edge. The hilt is of red wood, with a short iron ferrule at the blade end, shaped with a central raised rib with two double grooves, and with a flaring pommel. The blade is bright with much staining and lamination, the edge damaged with a whole series of indentations from use or abuse. The hilt has numerous old chips around the pommel, and large cracks running up to the blade on the underside and right side
title:	knife

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/159940





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1879
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1879
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Blade Length
units: cm
value: 35

dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 48.5

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 474



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