A 19th century cutlass. The 61cm blade with etched floral detailing and named for ‘Wm Sedgley’, brass guard and grip, with a large sharpened rear edge. A brass mounted leather scabbard, overall length 74cm.
No movement in the guard or grip, with a pleasing overall patina
William Sedgley was born in Oxfordshire in around 1811. He married Elizabeth Prestidge in 1850 and had one child. Living in Gloucestershire and working as a saddler, he later moved out to Australia becoming a farmer and died in 1910
A 19th century cutlass. The 61cm blade with etched floral detailing and named for ‘Wm Sedgley’, brass guard and grip, with a large sharpened rear edge. A brass mounted leather scabbard, overall length 74cm.
No movement in the guard or grip, with a pleasing overall patina
William Sedgley was born in Oxfordshire in around 1811. He married Elizabeth Prestidge in 1850 and had one child. Living in Gloucestershire and working as a saddler, he later moved out to Australia becoming a farmer and died in 1910
