IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 19142 accession number: M.3 & A-1982 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Cast and chiselled gilt-brass hilt (Norman 112) with asymetrical, almost triangular shell-guard. Vase-shaped pommel. The whole decorated with beading. Plain, straight, flat blade, decorated towards the hilt with etched foliage and the maker's name and address. Scabbard of wood, covered in black leather, with brass chape and locket, the latter gilt. title: sword NOTES ----- type: history note value: Probably Major-General Sir Francis Seymour who was Groom in Waiting to Prince Albert and to Queen Victoria, and from whom the donor is descended. From the collection of the donor's brother, the late L.H. Smyth, M.A., LL.B. (Trinity Hall). LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by J.R.V. Smyth STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/19142 PEOPLE ------------------- Seymour, Francis CATEGORIES ------ category: weapons DATING ------ creation date: 1850 - 1900 creation date earliest: 1850 creation date latest: 1900 culture: 19th Century, second half# culture: Victoria I CREATORS -------- maker: Jones DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 94