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An English 'Mortuary' Hilted BroadswordMid-17th Century
22 April 2009, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,080 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistAn English 'Mortuary' Hilted Broadsword
Mid-17th Century
Mid-17th Century
With broad tapering double-edged blade of flattened hollow-diamond section, iron hilt comprising solid guard charmingly chiselled with conventional foliage framing two portrait busts, all against partly punched grounds, slender knuckle-guard connected to two chiselled side-bars (one replaced) by double bars, a further scrolled diagonal to the rear on each side joining the scrolled wrist-guard, and spirally-grooved grip bound with twisted iron wire (some pitting overall)
81.2 cm. blade
81.2 cm. blade








