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inventarisnummer | WPN1615
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collectie | Edged Weapons
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museum | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
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datum | 1852-1859
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omschrijving | Solid half-basket hilted sword. Hilt consists of a gilt brass solid half-basket guard which is larger than normal but otherwise of regulation pattern. It has a lion's-head pommel with mane extending half-way down the back-piece- and a white fish-skin grip bound with copper wire. The blade is straight and of rectangular or dumb-bell section. The scabbard is missing. There is an inscription on the blade: 'PATENT SOLID HILT'. This sword is part of the Spinney Collection (OP240) which comprises sixteen swords- five dirks and three pistols - AAA3114 (pair) and AAA3115.
The makers- Edwin and William Seagrove occupied premises at The Hard- Portsea from 1852 to 1859. Major Latham states in his book British Military Swords that the dumb-bell blade first appeared in 1892 so this blade is presumably a British copy of the 'Toledo' type though even that did not become widely popular until the 1880s in this country. The large non-regulation guard is presumably another example of a naval officer privately ordering a sword with greater protection than was common.
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afmetingen | Overall: 115 x 950 x 105 mm
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