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1953.5.1.24.1

Sword [.1] with curved blade and silver plated hilt with langets, quillons and disc pommel. With leather bound sheath [.2] [SM 17/10/2007]

1953.5.1.24.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Sword [.1] with curved blade and silver plated hilt with langets, quillons and disc pommel. With leather bound sheath [.2] [SM 17/10/2007]
Long description
Sword [.1] with curved blade and silver plated hilt with langets, quillons and disc pommel. With leather bound sheath [.2] The sword blade has an inscription in ?Arabic on both surfaces. The hilt has long langets and quillons with expanded ends. The sheath is made from wood, covered with black leather that is now missing in several places. The leather has a stamped decoration of lines and dots. [SM 17/10/2007]
Person
Field collector Frederick Cornes
PRM source Julian Cornes
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1861
Date collected
1861 - 1875
Acquisition information
Donated: 05/1953
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Iron Metal, Material Steel Metal, Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Covered, Process Plated, Process Stitched, Process Inscribed
Dimensions
Width: max 109 mm sword, Width 50 mm sheath, Length: max 907 mm sword, Length: max 758 mm sheath
Object numbers
Accession number: 1953.5.1.24.1 Accession number: 1953.5.1.24.2

Search terms: Weapon, Writing, Sword, Sheath, Inscription

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