Sword
H. Pritchard
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Steel, Gilt, Textile, Metallic thread
Measurements
100 mm (Width); 965 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Newcastle upon Tyne
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328723.1
Summary
Long, thin sword with leather scabbard (1328723.2/SNO.A.23.2). Sword with decorative flat blade including military symbols. Top of blade engraved: 'H.PRITCHARD 17, GREY ST, NEWCASTLE ON TYNE'. Decorated and gilded hilt with crown on curved guard. Square section hilt with serrated edges. Tassel of metallic threads.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
Top of blade: H.PRITCHARD 17, GREY ST, NEWCASTLE ON TYNE
Makers and roles
H. Pritchard, maker