Sword
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal
Measurements
120 mm (Width); 1015 mm (Length)
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Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
NT 532366.1
Summary
Sword, with a three bar hilt and stepped pommel. The sword is inscribed: 'Colley 18 Cockspurs London'. The blade is decorated with a royal cypher on one side and acorn leaves motifs on the other. Part of a set with a metal scabbard (532366.2). 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
On the blade: Colley 18 Cockspurs London