Scabbard

Scabbard for dirk alleged to have belonged to Lieutenant John Samuel Smith (died circa 1840). The brown leather scabbard is sewn into a short point and has two steel lockets. The top locket is decorated with horizontal lines and is fitted with a frog button at its tip. The mid locket is similarly decorated and is fitted with a small steel loop on its trailing edge, which is to take a suspension ring. No chape is fitted. The proportions of the scabbard are strongly indicative that it has been shortened.

Object Details

ID: WPN1271.1
Type: Scabbard
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: Probably late 18th century
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Royal United Service Institution Collection
Measurements: Overall: 25 mm x 330 mm x 35 mm
Parts: Dirk
  • Scabbard (WPN1271.1)