CIRCA 1840

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A BRITISH GENERAL OFFICERS' PATTERN 1831 'MAMELUKE' SWORD
CIRCA 1840
With curved single-edged blade with two small gold-inlaid marks on the back-edge at the hilt, regulation gilt-brass guard with crossed sword and baton within a laurel wreath on each side, ivory grip-scales, bullion sword-knot, and two scabbards, one of wood-lined brass, the other of black leather with elaborate gilt-brass mounts and signed 'TATHAM & SON / Charing Cross / LONDON' on the locket; together with a brown Russia leather belt with hanging-straps, three embroidered silver-thread bands, and gilt-brass mounts including buckle with applied silver-gilt 'VR' cypher, the inside with handwritten label named 'Lord Raglan'
29 in. (73.7 cm.) blade

Provenance

Lord FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788-1855).
Deposited with the Royal United Service Institution by Lt. Col. George Somerset, 3rd Baron Raglan, in 1895; removed by Major FitzRoy Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan, in October 1952.

Literature

Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Leetham, Official Catalogue of the Royal United Service Museum, Whitehall, S.W., 3rd Edition, 1908, p. 202, no. 3044; and subsequent editions.

Special notice

Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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Lot Essay

This sword with its brass scabbard and the sword-belt are shown in the portrait of FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, painted by Sir Francis Grant in 1853 (for a copy of this painting see lot 119, opposite).

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