Maker: Unknown
Plug bayonet. Leaf-shaped steel blade with a moulding at the base, attached to a hilt of dark wood with a copper alloy ferrule at either end, the tang riveted over the end of the pommel cap. The blade is cracked and laminated, and is patinated from earlier corrosion
History note: Unknown before Robert Taylor
Given by Robert Taylor, MA
Blade Length: 18.2 cm
Overall Length: 27 cm
Weight: 152 g
Method of acquisition: Given (1879) by Taylor, Robert, MA
17th Century, Late
Circa
1660
CE
-
1700
CE
Previously catalogued as Spanish
Blade composed of steel
Inscription present: adhesive
Accession number: O.180-1879
Primary reference Number: 160107
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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