Scabbard
Scabbard for dirk alleged to have belonged to Lieutenant John Samuel Smith (died circa 1840). The brown leather scabbard is sewn into a short point and has two steel lockets. The top locket is decorated with horizontal lines and is fitted with a frog button at its tip. The mid locket is similarly decorated and is fitted with a small steel loop on its trailing edge, which is to take a suspension ring. No chape is fitted. The proportions of the scabbard are strongly indicative that it has been shortened.
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Object Details
ID: | WPN1271.1 |
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Type: | Scabbard |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Unknown |
Date made: | Probably late 18th century |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Royal United Service Institution Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 25 mm x 330 mm x 35 mm |
Parts: |
Dirk
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