- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Sword with single edged, tapering blade and 'basket hilt' and projecting finial spike at the pommel. [SM 10/09/2007]
- Long description
- Sword with single edged, tapering blade and 'basket hilt' and projecting finial spike at the pommel. The blade has a fuller on both surfaces. The base of the blade is reinforced with rivetted panels. The hilt has a knuckleguard and finial, both of which have incised lines on them. [SM 10/09/2007]
- Cultural groups
- European
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1850?, uncertain
- Date collected
- By 1850 ?
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1969
- Materials and processes
- Material Steel Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Riveted, Process Grooved, Process Incised, Process Decorated
- Dimensions
- Width: max 120 mm, Length: max 1250 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1969.29.36
1969.29.36
Sword with single edged, tapering blade and 'basket hilt' and projecting finial spike at the pommel. [SM 10/09/2007]
1969.29.36
Digital asset copyright: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford
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