Name/Title
Sword and scabbardEntry/Object ID
0000.1.574Description
574.01 Sword: Tapering, hollow-ground colichemarde blade etched at the forte (etching worn), the hilt cast and chased in reliefwith panels containing sprays of conventional foliage and including double shell-guard, arms, rear quillon, and globular pommel. Wooden grip bound with twisted silver wire and silver ribbon.
574.02 Scabbard: Leather covered wood (leather renewed) with engraved silver locket and chape.Collection
Cutlery Collection, WeaponsMade/Created
Artist
Hilt: John Carman Jnr. Scabbard: Loxham. Blade: most probably SolingenDate made
1750Time Period
18Place
City
LondonCountry
EnglandContinent
EuropeNotes
Company Connection: William Loxham, freeman 1722, master 1742, died 1780.
Edward Loxham, freeman 1744, master 1758, died 1798.
John Carman Jnr., freeman 1743, master 1761, died 1764.Inscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
On hilt: London hallmark for 1750 and maker's mark JC
On chape of scabbard: LOXHAMS ROYALL EXCHANGEOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC574Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Length: Blade, 765mm.
Hilt, 158mm
Scabbard, 825mm