Sword
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal
Measurements
170 mm (Width); 890 mm (Length)
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Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
NT 532369.1
Summary
Mameluke hilted sword with curved blade, gilded hilt and with ivory slab grip ( secured by two rivets with decorative heads). The 'pommel' has a sword knot slot ( but the sword knot is not present). The cross-guard has cast relief decoration. The sword has two rounded quillons adorned with leaves. 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.