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Lot 399
An English Basket-Hilted BroadswordMid-17th Century
1 December 2009, 14:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,440 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistAn English Basket-Hilted Broadsword
Mid-17th Century
Mid-17th Century
With tapering double-edged blade indistinctly incised 'Andrea Ferara' on each side at the forte and with running wolf mark beyond, fullered rectangular ricasso incised with a trefoil-shaped mark on each side, 'Irish' guard of slender rounded bars joined at the top and involving a saltire on each side incised with pairs of lines, slender fore-guards, globular pommel, and later spirally-grooved wooden grip (some wear and pitting overall)
87.2 cm. blade
87.2 cm. blade
Footnotes
See Cyril Mazansky, British Basket-Hilted Swords, 2005, pp. 74-83




