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Lot 142

A Scottish Basket-Hilted Backsword
Early 18th Century, Perhaps Aberdeen

25 July 2007, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Scottish Basket-Hilted Backsword
Early 18th Century, Perhaps Aberdeen

With tapering blade double-edged over half its length to the point and fullered over its entire length on each side with a narrow fuller bordering it along the back, iron guard of flattened bars of square section framing fretted panels incised with lines and pierced with hearts and small circles, the bars at the back each terminating in a scroll at the top, slender fore-guards, conical pommel incised with lines, spirally-grooved fishskin-covered grip, and remains of a leather liner
79.1 cm. blade

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