IDENTIFIERS
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id:	162292
accession number:	ARM.184-1912

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 4 May 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The blade is double curved and double edged, cut with four channels containing steel ‘pearls’, with narrow fullers at either side of these, wide fullers along the length of the blade and a central recessed panel with a raised lotus bud at the forte. There is  hint of a reinforced point. The hilt is of pistol-grip type, of pale nephrite set with turquoises and rubies in gold wire in the form of floral sprays. 
The scabbard is of wood covered with green velvet with a band of silver thread braid down the centre front, fitted with silver throat and chape, chiselled with floral ornament with birds, enamelled in Lucknow style in green blue and some red. At the throat is a hinged loop in silver gilt.
title:	dagger

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:	C. B. Marlay
creditline: C.B. Marlay Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/162292





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1850 - 1899
creation date earliest:	1850
creation date latest:	1899
culture:	19th Century, Late#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: mm
value: 390

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 448