Hammer

£520

Victorian Argyllshire Artillery Volunteers Officer's Sword By Wilkinson

34 1/2 inch, single edged, slightly curved blade with fuller.  Etched foliage scroll panels, Victorian crowned VR cypher, lightening bolts with "Argyllshire Artillery".  Family crest for Finley over owner's entwined initials "CCF".  Forte with maker "Henry Wilkinson Pall Mall London'.  Back edge numbered "15717" (1868).  Three bar steel guard.  Ribbed pommel and part checkered backstrap.  Shagreen covered grip with twist wire binding.  Contained in its polished steel scabbard with two loose hanging rings.  Throat stamped "Wilkinson Pall Mall".  Complete with buff leather and silver wire acorn sword knot.  

Possibly carried by Captain Colin C Finley who commanded the 8th South Hall Battery, appointed 16th March 1868