Scabbard

The black leather scabbard has two gilt lockets and chape, decorated with lines. The lockets each have a ring and the top locket has on the obverse 'SALTER/ SWORD CUTLER &c/ TO H.R.H. THE/ DUKE OF SUSSEX/ CORNER OF THE ADELPHI/ 75 STRAND/ LONDON'. The scabbard is in four pieces. Three of the pieces are tied together and the small piece is separate.

Object Details

ID: WPN1290.1
Type: Scabbard
Display location: Not on display
Creator: John Salter
Date made: 1825
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall (three bits tied together): 29 mm x 414 mm x 29 mm
Parts: Sword
  • Scabbard (WPN1290.1)