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A Very Fine Gold And Enamel Hilted Small-Sword Presented To Capt.n Thomas Wolley Of His Majesty's Ship ArethusaLondon Hallmarks For 18 Carat Gold For 1802-3, Maker's Mark Of John Ray And James Montague
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London Hallmarks For 18 Carat Gold For 1802-3, Maker's Mark Of John Ray And James Montague
London Hallmarks For 18 Carat Gold For 1802-3, Maker's Mark Of John Ray And James Montague
75.5 cm. blade
Footnotes
The presentation inscriptions read: 'From the British Consul and Factory In Madeira To Captain Thomas Wolley of his Majesty's Ship Arethusa'
Captain Thomas Wolley commanded the Arethusa (38 guns) from March 1796 to 1804 and was present at the reduction of St. Lucia and the capture of St. Vincent and Grenada. On 10 August 1797 while in passage from the West Indies and towing a detained neutral vessel, the Arethusa captured the French corvette Gaiete of 20 long 8 pounders and one hundred and eighty-six men. In 1802 the Arethusa brought Brigadier General Clinton and his staff back from Madeira to Portsmouth and it was while at Madeira that Captain Wolley was voted this sword by the British Factory for the protection he had afforded their interests during the war
Provenance:
By direct descent to the vendor
Exhibited:
The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, 1984-2005
Literature:
Leslie Southwick, 'New Facts About James Morisett And A Revised List Of His Known Works, And Other By His Successors John Ray And James Montague', The Journal Of The Arms & Armour Society, Vol. XV, No. 6, pp. 337 and 338, No. 48, illustration No. 10








