Sword scabbard
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal
Measurements
55 mm (Width); 815 mm (Length)
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Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
NT 532364.2
Summary
Leather scabbard, with gilt decoration. The locket is inscribed: 'J Read Maker 8 College Gr Dublin'. The part of a set with sword with gothic gilt, half basket hilt ( 532463.1) . The scabbard is broken and is currently in two parts. Part of a collection of twelve swords and scabbards.
Provenance
Presented to the National Trust by Sir Montgomerie Fairfax-Lucy (1896 – 1965), two years after the death of his father, Sir Henry Ramsay-Fairfax, 3rd Bt (1870 – 1944), with Charlecote Park and its chief contents, in 1946.
Marks and inscriptions
The Locket: 'J Read Maker 8 College Gr Dublin'