Hanger, which originally belonged to Admiral Sir Robert Barlow (died 1843). The hilt of the hanger consists of a brass (probably) stirrup guard, which has a side ring on the obverse and an inset foul anchor. The hanger has an upturned disc terminal and there is a ring fitted at the top of the stirrup to take a sword knot. The hanger has a flat pommel with a prominent tang button and a plain back-piece. The ivory grip has twenty-eight grooves, which imitate binding.

The steel blade is curved, flat-backed, with a broad shallow fuller running its full length. The blade is undecorated and unmarked. The black leather scabbard has brass mounts, which are largely plain except for a simple thread decoration around the edge. The top locket and mid locket have rings for suspension. The obverse of the top locket has a stud for frog suspension and is lengthened. It disappears beneath the scabbard, to emerge below the mid locket in a clip-like form. The mid locket has indented edges.

The hanger was originally said to have belonged to Henry Barlow, but the National Maritime Museum could find no record of this man. However, in a letter dated the 18th December 1973, Mr C.M. Barlow the donor states that the hanger was owned by his great-uncle George Ulric Barlow (died 1791) who was an Army Officer, 4th Dragoons. Mr Barlow believes that his great-uncle had been given the hanger by his father-in-law, Admiral Sir Robert Barlow (died 1843). Admiral Sir Robert Barlow became a Lieutenant on the 6th November 1778; he was promoted to the rank of Commander on the 22nd November 1790; to Captain on the 24th May 1793 and he retired in 1810. There is a portrait of George Ulric Barlow carrying this hanger in the National Portrait Gallery.