Maker: Unknown
Pata hilt. Carved from a single piece of wood, with a long tubular cuff with a medial ridge decorated with bands of hatching, the main edge bordered by a triple row of carved mouldings with a central raised triangle, and a rounded section for the hand carved with medial ridge, a fleur-de-lys at the top rear, and edged with a set of mouldings matching those at the cuff edge. At the front is a round section, capped with an iron ferrule, and slotted to take a wooden practice blade. Inside is hollow, with a narrow aperture for the arm, a thin transverse grip dowelled into a square hole, and two slots running up the inside. The cuff edge is badly hacked and damaged on the inside
Given by Robert Taylor, MA
Overall Length: 42.7 cm
Weight: 1220 g
Method of acquisition: Given (1879) by Taylor, Robert, MA
17th Century#
Circa
1600
-
1700
Inscription present: adhesive
Accession number: O.191-1879
Primary reference Number: 160138
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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