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Lot 92

A Rare English Basket-Hilted Sword
Early 17th Century

25 July 2007, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Rare English Basket-Hilted Sword
Early 17th Century

With tapering double-edged blade of flattened hollow diamond section inlaid with serrated brass foliate decoration on each side of the forte (some losses), iron basket guard of characteristic 'Irish' form comprising flattened vertical bars framing a saltire on each side centreing on a circular panel, fore-guards, large globular pommel with button finial, and later fishskin-covered grip bound with twisted copper wire, the surfaces encrusted with conventional silver foliage overall within line borders, the circular panels and pommel with winged cherubs' heads (rust patinated overall, the silver rubbed and incomplete)
82 cm. blade

Footnotes

For a broadsword with a very similar hilt see Christie's London, Antique Arms and Armour, 29 March 1995, lot 72

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