Scabbard

Scabbard for Dutch cutlass. The brown leather scabbard is sewn down the back and has a brass top locket and chape. The scabbard is decorated with a line of blind tooling near each edge and is fitted with a frog hook secured inside by a metal tongue. The frog hook is decorated with two pairs of engraved horizontal lines.

Object Details

ID: WPN1345.1
Type: Scabbard
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: 1783
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 25 mm x 650 mm x 60 mm
Parts: Cutlass
  • Scabbard (WPN1345.1)