© Gordon Highlanders Museum
Presentation sword, Pocket watch, Portrait of Lt. Colonel Alexander Napier
Artist: Griffin & Adams Sword Cutlers
Location: Gordon Highlanders Museum
Date: 1772 - 1805
Materials: ormolu & gilt brass
Grant:
Amount Paid: £3,750 (Total: £19,500)
Vendor: Private collection
Review number: 4829 (2000)
Provenance:
Purchased by vendor as part of larger lot at Lawrence Fine Auctioneers, Taunton 2000 for £33,000. The items had come to the auction directly from the family.
Description:
Blade decorated with Highlander holding the sword, 1805. Sphinx and 'Egypt' are prominent on the hilt and scabbard. Blade is corroded on lower third. Pocket watch hallmarked 1772; the portrait engraving is contained in its original gilt frame, c. 1805. Pocket watch (movement: Thomas Reid, Edinburgh, Watch: Thomas Dobbie, Glasgow); Engraving, circa 1805: artist unknown.
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