"Short" bayonet. The blade is metal, it is straight and has a pointed tip. It is tanged, the grip section of the hilt is wood with a carved "N" on one side and "H" on the other. The hilt terminal is metal with a T-shaped socket. There is a ring on one side of the cross guard. For the sheath see 1966.1.143 .2 [AB [OPS Move] 12/6/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: "Short" bayonet. The blade is metal, it is straight and has a pointed tip. It is tanged, the grip section of the hilt is wood with a carved "N" on one side and "H" on the other. The hilt terminal is metal with a T-shaped socket. There is a ring on one side of the cross guard. For the sheath see 1966.1.143 .2 [AB [OPS Move] 12/6/2017]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England
Cultural groups: European
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Marryat; PRM source Ipswich Museum; PRM source Patricia Margaret Maclaren Butler
Date / Period: Date made: Circa 1890
Date collected: By 1948
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1966
Materials and processes: Material Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Riveted, Process Stamped
Dimensions: Width: max 65 mm total, Length: max 422 mm, Length: max 441 mm total, Depth: max 30 mm total, Width: max 65 mm, Depth: max 25 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1966.1.143.1 Other numbers: 1948.214 [bayonet] [1948].297 [sheath]
Research and responses: This firearm is as likely to have been used in England as in any other part of the British Isles and I have therefore included it in the English ethnography project [AP 25/07/2006]

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