Maker: Unknown
The blade is single-edged, slightly curved and widening slightly to the centre. It has a very short second edge at the tip, and a short, V-shaped fuller at the forte which runs on one side into a rather wavy incised line. The hilt is formed of a rough bone grip with a copper alloy ferrule and pommel cap, both roughly cylindrical. The scabbard is of wood lacquered black with a thickened section at the throat, one fine binding in red-lacquered cane, and two cruder bindings in plain cane. There are numerous patches of damage on the scabbard where the lacquer is rubbed off and the back cracked.
History note: No provenance
Length: 540 mm
Weight: 535 g
19th Century
1800
CE
-
1899
CE
Blade
Length 409 mm
Scabbard
Length 440 mm
Accession number: TEMP-AA-ARMOURWITHOUTNUMBERS14
Primary reference Number: 162547
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Sword" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/162547 Accessed: 2024-12-19 00:07:30
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