IDENTIFIERS
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id:	159948
accession number:	O.164-1879

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: With two steel blades each of flattened octagonal. The steel hilt is formed of a loop, with a U-shaped langet at either end joined to each blade with two rivets, a narrow grip curved for the hand with a central moulding, and a broad guard round the outside with scalloped outer edges and an applied copper alloy central plate decorated with punched circles. At the rear is a riveted decorative finial. The whole polished bright with pitting from its earlier corrosion on the hilt
title:	dagger

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/159948





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1700 - 1800
creation date earliest:	1700
creation date latest:	1800
culture:	18th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Blade Length
units: cm
value: 14.5

dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 25

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 144



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