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Sword and scabbard 1822
Steel, ivory, gold, velvet | 99.5 x 14.3 x 14.0 cm (whole object) (whole object) | RCIN 29025

Edinburgh : George Hunter & Co.
Master: Sword and scabbard 1822
Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022. Photographer: Mike Davidson

Edinburgh : George Hunter & Co.
Master: Sword and scabbard 1822
Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022. Photographer: Mike Davidson

Edinburgh : George Hunter & Co.
Master: Sword and scabbard 1822
Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022. Photographer: Mike Davidson

Edinburgh : George Hunter & Co.
Master: Sword and scabbard 1822
Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022. Photographer: Mike Davidson

Edinburgh : George Hunter & Co.
Master: Sword and scabbard 1822
Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022. Photographer: Mike Davidson

Edinburgh : George Hunter & Co.
Master: Sword and scabbard 1822
Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022. Photographer: Mike Davidson

Edinburgh : George Hunter & Co.
Master: Sword and scabbard 1822
Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022. Photographer: Mike Davidson

Edinburgh : George Hunter & Co.
Master: Sword and scabbard 1822
Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022. Photographer: Mike Davidson

Edinburgh : George Hunter & Co.
Master: Sword and scabbard 1822
Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022. Photographer: Mike Davidson

Edinburgh : George Hunter & Co.
Master: Sword and scabbard 1822
Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022. Photographer: Mike Davidson

Edinburgh : George Hunter & Co.
Master: Sword and scabbard 1822
Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022. Photographer: Mike Davidson

Edinburgh : George Hunter & Co.
Master: Sword and scabbard 1822
Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022. Photographer: Mike Davidson















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A basket-hilted sword with an ivory grip, the pommel and guard of faceted steel, with two crowned thistles and gold etched roundels, the blade damascened in gold on a blued ground. In a red velvet-covered scabbard, with etched gold scrolls and insignia.
Provenance
Supplied for George IV for his visit to Edinburgh, August 1822 (RA GEO/MAIN/29600).
This was the first visit by a reigning monarch to Scotland since Charles II. The writer Sir Walter Scott oversaw arrangements for the reception, encouraging Highland chiefs to attend in their traditional tartan to give a show of unity in Edinburgh. David Stewart of Garth, one of the founders of the Celtic Society, helped devise the King's own Highland dress, which he wore to his first levée at the Palace of Holyroodhouse on 17 August. His accoutrements included a dirk (RCIN 29023), power flask (RCIN 29024), sword (RCIN 29025), belt (29026) and sash (RCIN 29027). In 1829, many of these items were dispatched to the artist Sir David Wilkie to aid preparations for his portrait of the king in Scottish attire (RCIN 401206). -
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Medium and techniques
Steel, ivory, gold, velvet
Measurements
99.5 x 14.3 x 14.0 cm (whole object) (whole object)
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Place of Production
Edinburgh [Lothian]