Stirrup hilted dress sword of the Honourable East India Company. The hilt consists of a gilt brass stirrup guard, escutcheon shaped langets and a rear quillon which has an up-turned finial. The guard is of rectangular section at the cross but of near hollow-triangular section for the length of the bow. The langets bear the HEICo crest in relief on a stippled ground. There is a lion's mask pommel and back-piece and a smooth white ivory grip bound with three copper wires. The blade is straight, narrow, flat-backed, flexible and in rather poor condition; it shows traces of some etched decoration. The scabbard is missing. This sword closely resembles a number of the smaller Royal Naval dress swords in the Museum's collection. It is, presumably, a copy of the prevailing style of dress sword in the period 1805-1812 or later. The section of the knuckle-bow is rather unusual and may indicate a new owner.