Not currently on display at the V&A

Gauntlet Sword

probably 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Oudh (made)

Straight rapier blade, possibly of Spanish manufacture, with a long gauntlet hilt completely enclosing the forearm in brass, ornamented with niello. The portion enclosing the hand is in the form of a conventional tiger's head with the blade issuing from the mouth


Object details

Categories
Arms & Armour
India Museum
Object type
Gauntlet sword
Materials and techniques
Forged steel with brass decorated with niello
Brief description
Gauntlet sword with a rapier blade, possibly of Spanish manufacture, with a nielloed brass hilt in the form of a tiger's head, Oudh, probably 19th century
Physical description
Straight rapier blade, possibly of Spanish manufacture, with a long gauntlet hilt completely enclosing the forearm in brass, ornamented with niello. The portion enclosing the hand is in the form of a conventional tiger's head with the blade issuing from the mouth
Dimensions
  • Overall. taken from register length: 52in
  • Blade. taken from register length: 38in
Marks and inscriptions
  • Transliteration
Credit line
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879
Object history
As originally arranged and displayed in Exhibition Road Indian Museum galleries until 1955, with some additions while in storage, case F.706
Production
Transferred from the India Museum to South Kensington Museum in 1879
Bibliographic references
  • Lord Egerton of Tatton, Indian and Oriental Armour, London, 1896, p. 110, Cat. No. 404
  • Egerton, Wilbraham, An illustrated handbook of Indian arms; being a classified and descriptive catalogue of the arms exhibited at the India museum: with an introductory sketch of the military history of India, London, 1880 p.110
Other numbers
  • 404 - Egerton Catalogue Number
  • 8855-'70 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
3120(IS)

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Record createdJuly 1, 2005
Record URL
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