IDENTIFIERS
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id:	159955
accession number:	O.170-1879

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Of steel, comprising a deep gutter-shaped plate rounded to the elbow, and a detached inner plate. The edge is bordered in the outside by a series of brass rivets retaining a black leather lining band which originally retained the lining, now lost. At the lower edge at the wrist of the main plate are two hinged strap loops, one retaining a fragment of the original leather strap, and on the inner wrist plate the two decorative hinges and two buckles. The exterior is bordered with a very narrow band of floral scrolls in gold koftgari, and a and of calligraphic medallions separated by rosettes originally set with stones. The inscriptions unread, but Koranic. The condition is rough, dirty and worn, and on the inner plate some of the medallions are illegible through damage
title:	Arm defence

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/159955





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1760 - 1800
creation date earliest:	1760
creation date latest:	1800
culture:	18th Century, Late

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Inner Plate Length
units: cm
value: 15.8

dimension: Main Plate Length
units: cm
value: 33

dimension: Over Hand Defence
units: cm
value: 25

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 550



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