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Hilt: O.181-1879

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

  • Hilt
  • Category: Indian weapons

Categories

Description

Hilt for a talwar. The hilt is of iron, probably cast, with short quillons, broad langets with lotus bud terminals, a symmetrical grip of oval section swelling to the centre, a narrow dish pommel with a central dome and pierced finial. The surface is covered with lotus lowers in scrolling foliage in high relief, and silvered all over with a gilt ground. Much of the silver foil is lost

Legal notes

Given by Robert Taylor, MA

Measurements and weight

Length: 18.2 cm
Weight: 434 g
Width: 9 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1879) by Taylor, Robert, MA

Dating

19th Century
Circa 1800 CE - 1879 CE

Note

This is the original hilt for the missing O.179-1879, an Indian sword blade with an English hilt added ‘obtained from Nana Sahib’s house in Benares’.

Components of the work

Hilt composed of iron

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: O.181-1879
Primary reference Number: 160108

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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