Iron blade or point with a copper alloy handle

Collection type: Object
Description: Iron blade or point with a copper alloy handle
Long description: Tool or weapon, ?stiletto with copper alloy handle decorated all over with floral scrolling design. The object tapers and is curved or bent. It is circular in section. The handle is narrower in the centre and has a flared butt. A ring projects from the one side of the handle [SM 09/01/2008]
Geographical reference: Ireland, Republic of
Europe > Northern Europe > Ireland, Republic of; Ireland County Dublin Dublin
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector William Chadwick Neligan; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date
Date collected: ?By 1878
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Decorated, Process Cast, Process Incised, Process Bent
Dimensions: Width: max 43 mm, Length: max 202 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.121.25 PR Cat other PR nos: 3456
Research and responses: The Sotheby sale referred to in the primary documentation is the sale of Neligan material on 8-9 April 1878. The Lugt number is 38242. There is a copy in the British Museum library (and the Department of Antiquities library). [Dan Hicks 30/07/2013]

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