Backsword

Description

Backsword with an elaborately chased silver basket, presented to Prince Charles Edward Stuart by James, 3rd Duke of Perth: made by Charles Frederick Kandler, London, 1740 - 1741

Museum reference

H.MCR 2

Object name

Backsword

Production information

Charles Frederick Kandler, Silversmith
London, England, Northern Europe

Date

1740 - 1741

Materials

Silver

Physical description

Silver

Associations

Clanranald Collection of Jacobite and Family Relics
Charles Edward Stuart, Prince, 1720 - 1788
James, 3rd Duke of Perth
William, Duke of Cumberland
Culloden, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Wild and Majestic Romantic Visions of Scotland (28 Jun 2019 - 10 Nov 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites (23 Jun 2017 - 12 Nov 2017)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Hannover's Rulers on the British Throne 1714 - 1837 (01 May 2014 - 30 Oct 2014)
  Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover

• Gifts for A Jacobite Prince (25 Oct 2016 - 21 May 2017)
  Perth Museum and Art Gallery
  Inverness Museum and Art Gallery

On display

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