Society sword
A. Hay
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Ivory, Leather, Steel
Measurements
114 mm (Width); 965 mm (Length)955 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 880836
Summary
Early 19th Century dress sword with etched steel blade, chased brass half hilt and an ivory and brass handle; in a red leather scabbard with brass end pieces. Made in Edinburgh by A. Hay.
Provenance
Gift of the Hon Victor Agar-Robartes, later 8th Viscount Clifden, (See 1972 inventory), the elder brother of the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, later 7th Viscount Clifden,who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953 and continued to live there until his death in 1966
Marks and inscriptions
(on blade) A. HAY/EDINBURGH
Makers and roles
A. Hay, maker