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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
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A Rare Silver-Gilt Mounted Naval Sword Presented By J. Poyyer To G. Harnage In 1822 image 1
A Rare Silver-Gilt Mounted Naval Sword Presented By J. Poyyer To G. Harnage In 1822 image 2
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A Rare Silver-Gilt Mounted Naval Sword Presented By J. Poyyer To G. Harnage In 1822
London Silver Hallmarks For 1822, Maker's Mark Of George Thurkle

Antique Arms and Armour Including The Ray Wilkinson Collection
24 May 2023, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Rare Silver-Gilt Mounted Naval Sword Presented By J. Poyyer To G. Harnage In 1822
London Silver Hallmarks For 1822, Maker's Mark Of George Thurkle

With tapering blade etched and gilt against a blued ground over most of its length on each side (some loss of finish and small areas of pitting), one side decorated with symmetrical foliage involving dolphins, maritime trophies, an angel holding a Union Jack in splendour, and a female figure with a fouled anchor, and on the other side with foliage, trophies and figures en suite centred on a panel brightly etched against a whorled ground 'JP To GH' in gothic letters above '1822', cast and chased hilt comprising downbent shell-ground with crowned fouled anchor between Union foliage, rectangular quillon-block formed as a fasces and inscribed 'I. POYYER TO G. HARNAGE 1822' on one side, claw and ball rear quillon, knuckle-guard with ribboned fruiting oak on each side, lion-head pommel, its mane forming the back-piece, ferrule of laurel leaves and with shaking hands below 'AMICUS', and chequered swelling ivory grip bound with plain and twisted silver wire, in its original wood-lined scabbard cast and chased en suite with the hilt, the openwork side panels against fine blackened fishskin, fixed suspension rings formed as mythological beasts, and retaining much of its original gilding
71 cm. blade

Footnotes

George Harnage joined the navy in 1807 and served in the Leeward Islands from 1818. In 1820 he was given command of the sloop Raleigh and continued to serve in the West Indies until the close of 1821. He returned to England with a freight of $320,000, and was paid off in 1822

Jon Poyyer (or Poyer) was the owner of a sugar plantation in Barbados. His family had owned property there since 1680 and Mt. Poyer in the north of the island is named after them. In 1808 he published The History of Barbados and returned to England in the early 1820s. It is likely that he travelled with Harnage and that they became friends

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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
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