Side-ring stirrup guard sword. The hilt consists of a gilt brass straight stirrup guard which once had an obverse side-ring opposite the cross. There is a small, upturned quillon with near disc finial and a 'cushion' pommel bearing rubbed and slight engraved decoration surmounted by a prominent tang button. The reeded ivory grip is of rectangular section, having a strip of brass down each face (that opposite the inside of the guard is probably a [copper] replacement). In the centre of the obverse face is an oval swelling to the brass, bearing an engraved crown over foul anchor. An anchor or other device was once fitted between the side-ring and cross (where a hole remains). There is a small decorated ferrule at the top of the grip. The blade is straight, of hollow triangular section and possibly French in origin. There are traces of engraved decoration near the hilt. The fit to the hilt is poor. Engraved on the obverse (two faces) are traces of foliage and hatching and horizontal lettering. The reverse is similar to the obverse, but the letters are engraved longitudinally. The scabbard is missing.

This sword is of interest because it furnishes an example of the sort of stirrup guard more often associated in the Navy with the beaded or five-ball hilt. The blade may, with further research, prove similarly interesting but it was not originally fitted to the hilt. An unusual amount of copper seems to have been used in the hilt mounts.