Bronze sword scabbard with late Celtic ornamentation, from Morton Hall, Pentland, Midlothian, 1st - 2nd century AD

Scabbard chape with ornamental scrolls, from Houndslow, Westruther, Berwickshire, 100 BC - 0

Silver scabbard chape with Latin inscriptions, animals and fish, Pictish, from St Ninian's Isle, 8th century

Scabbard chape of silver with zoomorphic terminals with glass insets for eyes, Pictish, from St Ninian's Isle, 8th century

Wakizashi or companion sword, with a single-edged steel blade, a ray skin grip wrapped with silk cord, a red lacquer scabbard, and a kozuka ornamented with a whale in waves: Japan, signed by Yamashiro no Kami Kunishige, 1727

Sword scabbard of wood bound with red cotton cloth, with 'mounts' of gilt twine: Indonesian, Sumatra, Battak Mountains, Brastagi

Sword scabbard of black leather with steel mounts: Scottish, 18th century