1805 PATT NAVAL OFFICERS SWORD WITH PROVENANCE

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HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT  SWORD WITH PROVENANCE. THE  SWORD  SOLD  BY THE MORGAN FAMILY OF SUGWAS HALL HERIFORDSHIRE THOUGH MELLORS SALES ROOMS IN NOTTINGHAM IN 2008. THE FAMILY WITH STRONG NAVAL CONNECTIONS OF THE TIME OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS.

MORGAN WAS A MIDSHIPMAN ON BOARD H.M.S. SIRIUS DURING THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR. HIS RECORDED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVE AS JOINING H.M.S. SIRIUS 4TH AUGUST 1804.  IT IS MORE THAN LIKELY ONE OF THESE SWORDS WAS WITH HIM AT THE BATTLE.  THE FAMILY ALSO CONNECTED TO JOHN CHESSHYRE, VICE ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE.  CHESSHYRE’S CARRIER IN THE ROYAL NAVY RAN FROM 1781 TO 1830 BY WHICH TIME HE WAS REAR ADMIRAL.

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THE  SWORD  IN COMPLETELY UNTOUCHED CONDITION , AS REMOVED FROM STORAGE IN THE ATTICK OF SUGWAS HALL WHERE IT SAT  FOR MANY DECADES. 800 MM LONG BLADE. THE BLADE WITH MOSTLY DARK BROWN PATINA. WITH SCABBARD WHICH IS MISSING ITS BOTTOM MOUNT. THE TWO MOUNTS AND THE HILT RETAINING MOST OF THEIR GILT FINISH, EXPOSED PARTS TURNED TO A DARK BROWN. COMPLETE GRIP WITH ITS FISH SKIN AND WIRE BINDING.