BRITISH GEORGIAN NAVAL DIRK WITH LION'S HEAD POMMEL CA.1810 and are as much a

and are as much a part of the historical landscape of the years just after the end of the American Revolution

and was removed from use

with most of its blued surface intact and turned to a nice dark patina

and fully annotated

BRITISH GEORGIAN NAVAL DIRK WITH LION'S HEAD POMMEL CA.1810 and are as much aThis unusually large Georgian naval dirk measures 51 cm overall, with a 16" 40 cm long blade, which retains vestiges of decorations, the sun in splendor, talismanic stars, etc. The cross guard is embellished with the Tudor rose. The quillons were period altered, Lion's head pommel is sculpted in bold high relief, done in good detail. The original belt suspension chain is still attached to scabbard rings, something we only rarely see on naval dirks