sword, court, scabbard, sword, sword, court
Accession Number
NAM.1958-06-3-1
Description
Court sword with scabbard, nd. Belonged to either Col John Herschel or his brother Sir William Herschel. By Hume, 3 Beak Street, London. Straight blade, oval section. Gilt brass hilt. Scabbard has a gilt brass mouthpiece and chape. Col Herschel was the younger brother of Sir William Herschel (1833-1917), the astronomer. He served in the Bengal Engineers from 1856 to 1886.
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