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A Military Officer's Basket-Hilted Backsword
Mid-18th Century

Antique Arms & Armour
22 April 2009, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Military Officer's Basket-Hilted Backsword
Mid-18th Century

With broad single-edged blade cut with three narrow fullers over most of its length along the back on each side, the central one extending almost to the point, elaborate iron guard of slender rounded bars forming open ovoidal panels filled by shaped and cusped crosses, and a single vacant aperture probably for reins, detachable fore-guard secured by screws, fluted conical pommel with turned button, and later spirally-grooved fishskin-covered grip bound with silver wire (some scattered surface pitting)
88 cm. blade

Footnotes

Provenance:
Warwick Castle, Inv. no. E108

For an account of basket hilts of this type, some of which can be identified in portraits of 18th Century Scottish officers, including 'the Pinch of Snuff' attributed to William Delacour, see John Wallace, Scottish Swords and Dirks, 1970, no. 44; and for similar examples see Cyril Mazansky, British Basket-Hilted Swords, 2005, p. 174

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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
The medals and associate ephemera and uniforms of Arthur Watts, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons
A Pair Of Highland All-Metal Percussion Belt Pistols Signed Paton & Walsh Perth, Mid 19th century
A Silver-Mounted Left-Hand Dagger, probably German, Italian or English Late 16th Century Or Later
FOUR REPRODUCTION CARVED POWDER HORNS/FLASKS.late 20th century.
THREE CARVED COCONUT ITEMS.18th/19th century.
A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE AND REPRODUCTION POWDER FLASKS AND RELATED SPORTING ITEMS.
THREE VICTORIAN ARMS AND ARMOUR DECORATIVE ITEMS.