Presentation Sword

Presentation sword which belonged to Captain William Henry Daniel active 1781-1802. The small sword hilt consists of silver-gilt with enamel insets on the grip. The blade is partially blued and gilded. The black? fish-skin? scabbard has two lockets and a chape. The set is completed with a red morocco hilt case. On the shell is inscribed 'Presented by the Merchants Committee of LONDON to Lieut. Wm. Henry Daniel for his Conduct at GRAVESEND 1797'. The silver is hallmarked. Received with his father's sword (WPN1553).

Object Details

ID: WPN1554
Collection: Weapons
Type: Presentation Sword
Display location: Display - Nelson, Navy, Nation Gallery
Creator: Makepeace, Robert; Morisset, James
Events: Mutiny at the Nore, 1797
Date made: 1797
People: Merchants of the City of London; Daniel, William Henry
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. On loan from Lieutenant Daniel's family.