The Galfridus Walpole and Maurice Suckling silver-hilted hanger believed to be that carried by Captain (later Admiral Lord) Horatio Nelson, by Nixon, Strand, London silver hallmarks for 1752

The Galfridus Walpole and Maurice Suckling silver-hilted hanger believed to be that carried by Captain (later Admiral Lord) Horatio Nelson, by Nixon, Strand, London silver hallmarks for 1752

with earlier curved fullered blade double-edged towards the point, stamped with an orb mark and a further mark on each face, silver hilt cast and chased in low relief, including down-turned shell-guard pierced with a symmetrical arrangement of scrolling foliage within a roped frame, knuckle-guard and cap pommel decorated en suite, and fluted horn grip with a chased silver collar at the base, in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard with engraved silver locket incorporating a suspension hook and signed by the cutler on the reverse, the blade with patches of pitting and sharpening wear, the hilt evidently repaired in the 1780s and struck with a contemporary maker’s mark, TS, the scabbard leather with extensive wear and losses, the chape missing, the locket cracked

blade: 60cm; 23⅝in