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Lot 119

A Scottish Basket-Hilted Backsword
Second Quarter Of The 18th Century

22 April 2009, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Scottish Basket-Hilted Backsword
Second Quarter Of The 18th Century

With tapering blade double-edged towards the point (slightly reduced) and fullered over its entire length on each side with a narrow fuller bordering it along the back, iron guard of rounded bars framing lightly fretted incised and fluted panels pierced with hearts and small circles, and with an oval aperture for the reins, fore-guards, small scrolled wrist-guard, later partly fluted bun-shaped pommel with prominent button, and original spirally-fluted wooden grip (some damage and worming, some wear and pitting overall)
85.2 cm. blade

Footnotes

For a sword with a very similar hilt preserved in the National Museum of Scotland (LA 33) see Cyril Mazansky, British Basket-Hilted Swords, 2005, p. 97, FIe (illustrated)

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