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Presentation sword Long Caption: Owned by Admiral Arthur Knyvet Wilson (1842-1921). The hilt consists of a gilt solid half-basket guard with raised bars and crown and anchor badge having a short upturned quillon with a drum-shaped finial, pierced by a slot near the pommel and by two circular holes at the top to take a swordknot, part of which remains. The Wilkinson blade is of an unusual pattern and was presumably made specially. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: WPN1449 Artist: Henry Wilkinson Date: 1884 Medium: metal-gilt; fish-skin; steel; leather; copper wire; brass; textile Size: 95 mm x 960 mm x 115 mm; 794 mm x 25 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.