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inventarisnummer | WPN1493
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collectie | Edged Weapons
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museum | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
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datum | 1805-1825
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omschrijving | Hanger- which originally belonged to Admiral Sir Robert Barlow (died 1843). The hilt of the hanger consists of a brass (probably) stirrup guard- which has a side ring on the obverse and an inset foul anchor. The hanger has an upturned disc terminal and there is a ring fitted at the top of the stirrup to take a sword knot. The hanger has a flat pommel with a prominent tang button and a plain back-piece. The ivory grip has twenty-eight grooves- which imitate binding.
The steel blade is curved- flat-backed- with a broad shallow fuller running its full length. The blade is undecorated and unmarked. The black leather scabbard has brass mounts- which are largely plain except for a simple thread decoration around the edge. The top locket and mid locket have rings for suspension. The obverse of the top locket has a stud for frog suspension and is lengthened. It disappears beneath the scabbard- to emerge below the mid locket in a clip-like form. The mid locket has indented edges.
The hanger was originally said to have belonged to Henry Barlow- but the National Maritime Museum could find no record of this man. However- in a letter dated the 18th December 1973- Mr C.M. Barlow the donor states that the hanger was owned by his great-uncle George Ulric Barlow (died 1791) who was an Army Officer- 4th Dragoons. Mr Barlow believes that his great-uncle had been given the hanger by his father-in-law- Admiral Sir Robert Barlow (died 1843). Admiral Sir Robert Barlow became a Lieutenant on the 6th November 1778; he was promoted to the rank of Commander on the 22nd November 1790; to Captain on the 24th May 1793 and he retired in 1810. There is a portrait of George Ulric Barlow carrying this hanger in the National Portrait Gallery.
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afmetingen | Overall: 45 x 720 x 120 mm
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