Maker: Unknown
The steel blade has a medial rib swelling into a slightly reinforced point. At the forte is a large swollen ricasso block with dentated edge. The hilt is of rock crystal, with a waisted, faceted section at the centre and a silver gilt central band with a medial moulding. The scabbard is of wood covered with black silk. The chape and throat are of silver gilt, the subsidiary edges scalloped with central lotus buds, the throat with a small fretted hinged loop for attachment to a sash.
History note: Unknown before testator
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 3.3 cm
Weight: 228 g
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
18th Century
1700
CE
-
1799
CE
Hilt
composed of
rock crystal
Blade
composed of
steel
Length 2.33 cm
Scabbard
Length 2.49 cm
Accession number: ARM.181-1912
Primary reference Number: 162291
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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