Sword
Category
Arms and armour
Date
1740 - 1760
Materials
Brass, Metal
Measurements
895 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Cotehele, Cornwall
NT 347387
Summary
Sword, straight blade, brass hilted, half-basket incorporating a scallop shell. Found in the thatched roof of a house in Bere Alston in the late 1800s and presented to William, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe. Information extracted from "Real life sketches from Devon and Cornwall" by Frank Vosper (Sketch VII: Dick Trephunny and the Parson’s Tithe), 1903.