IDENTIFIERS
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id:	18964
accession number:	HEN.M.224-1933

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 20 April 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Rapier, with the proportions of a small sword. Oval pommel of rounded rectangular plan, each of the four faces being decorated with an indent of 1.9 cm (3/4") of the height of the pommel. Grip of oval section, of dark wood spirally fluted. Long arched quillons of circular section, quite thin, with a small ecusson. Forward ring-guard of the same section as the quillons. There is no knuckle-guard and no back-guard. Slender elegant blade of flat hexagonal section, forged in a close waved form. The upper part of the blade is of flat hexagonal section with two deep narrow fullers, which are pierced à jour, with a strong and deep shoulder below the iron hilt.
title:	rapier

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:	J.S. Henderson
creditline: J.S. Henderson Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18964





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1600 - 1630
creation date earliest:	1600
creation date latest:	1630
culture:	17th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 98



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