Presentation Smallsword with Scabbard of Admiral Marriot Arbuthnot (1711–1794)

British

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 376

Admiral Marriot Arbuthnot (1711–1794) was presented with this sword by the residents of the English island of Jersey (Channel Islands) for having saved them from attack by the French fleet in 1779. A band wound around the grip bears a Latin inscription that reads in translation: "The Island of Jersey, delivered, presents this in gratitude, 1780." The urn-shaped pommel is an early example of what later became a characteristic feature of English Neoclassical hilts.

Presentation Smallsword with Scabbard of Admiral Marriot Arbuthnot (1711–1794), Gold, steel, wood, fish skin, British

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Left side of hilt

Presentation Smallsword with Scabbard of Admiral Marriot Arbuthnot (1711–1794), Gold, steel, wood, fish skin, British
Presentation Smallsword with Scabbard of Admiral Marriot Arbuthnot (1711–1794), Gold, steel, wood, fish skin, British
Presentation Smallsword with Scabbard of Admiral Marriot Arbuthnot (1711–1794), Gold, steel, wood, fish skin, British
Presentation Smallsword with Scabbard of Admiral Marriot Arbuthnot (1711–1794), Gold, steel, wood, fish skin, British
Presentation Smallsword with Scabbard of Admiral Marriot Arbuthnot (1711–1794), Gold, steel, wood, fish skin, British
Presentation Smallsword with Scabbard of Admiral Marriot Arbuthnot (1711–1794), Gold, steel, wood, fish skin, British

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