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A Rare Silver-Gilt Mounted Naval Officer's Sword To Commander Arthur Farquhar, Presented By The House Of Assembly, Jamaica In 1832 image 1
A Rare Silver-Gilt Mounted Naval Officer's Sword To Commander Arthur Farquhar, Presented By The House Of Assembly, Jamaica In 1832 image 2
Lot 118

A Rare Silver-Gilt Mounted Naval Officer's Sword To Commander Arthur Farquhar, Presented By The House Of Assembly, Jamaica In 1832
By Prosser, Maker To The King & Royal Family, Charing Cross, London, London Silver Hallmarks For 1834, Maker's Mark Of John Prosser

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30 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Rare Silver-Gilt Mounted Naval Officer's Sword To Commander Arthur Farquhar, Presented By The House Of Assembly, Jamaica In 1832
By Prosser, Maker To The King & Royal Family, Charing Cross, London, London Silver Hallmarks For 1834, Maker's Mark Of John Prosser

With slightly curved pipe-backed blade double-edged at the spear-point and etched with whorls over its entire length on each side, one side with bright maker's details, trophies of arms, one within branches of laurel, crowned fouled anchor and the recipient's coat-of-arms and motto of Jamaica, and the presentation inscription between a martial trophy and a pineapple, hilt comprising half-basket guard of simulated border engraved bars, all against a finely stippled ground and enclosing a crowned fouled anchor, downscrolled rear quillon, cast and chased lion-head pommel and faceted back-piece in one, and wire-bound fishskin-covered grip with fixed ring at the base for a tassel, in original black leather scabbard (some damage, seam open) with locket, chape and suspension mount cast and chased with naval trophies, pineapples and bands of oak leaves en suite with the blade, the locket engraved with maker's details on one side, two roped rings for suspension, and in fine condition retaining most of its original gilding
76 cm. blade

Footnotes

Provenance:
The recipient and thence by descent

Literature:
The United Service Journal..., Part I, 1834, pp. 550-551

The presentation inscription reads: 'Presented By The House Of Assembly Jamaica To Commodore Arthur Farquhar In Testimony Of The High Sense Entertained Of His Service During The Late Disturbances. 1832.'

The presentation inscription refers to Commodore Farquhar's role whilst in command of the Blanche in the West Indies from 1830 to 1833. In 1832 a ten day rebellion took place know variously as the 'Baptist War', the 'Christmas Uprising' or the 'Great Jamaican Slave Revolt'. Led by the 'native' Baptist preacher Samuel Sharpe, 60,000 of the island's 300,000 slaves rebelled. The Jamaican government reacted brutally, however this reaction may well have accelerated the process of emancipation which was finally achieved in 1838. See footnote to lot 116

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