Not on display

Gauntlet Sword

ca. 1858 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Gauntlet sword pata steel, with rampant lion ornament, Lucknow, ca. 1858

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Brief description
Gauntlet sword pata steel, with rampant lion ornament, Lucknow, ca. 1858
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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. 402
  • 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 number
402 - Egerton Catalogue Number
Collection
Accession number
3326(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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