From Luce Bay, Dumfriesshire
This silver-mounted dagger with ivory handle was found on the body of Captain Thurot who was washed ashore in Luce Bay in Dumfriesshire in 1760.
Silver-mounted dagger with an ivory handle, found on the body of Captain Thurot, the French privateer, at Luce Bay, 1760
Captain Francois Thurot commanded a French naval force which threatened Scotland as part of a larger invasion plan in 1759.
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