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A Fine And Rare English Silver-Hilted Broadsword With Earlier Scottish BladeLondon Silver Hallmarks For 1705, Maker's Mark Of Thomas Vicaridge
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London Silver Hallmarks For 1705, Maker's Mark Of Thomas Vicaridge
London Silver Hallmarks For 1705, Maker's Mark Of Thomas Vicaridge
84.6 cm. blade
Footnotes
Provenance:
Almost certainly by descent through the Douglas family, probably to Sir Alec Douglas Home of the Hirsel
Anonymous sale Christie's London, Important Firearms, Arms and Armour, The Properties Of His Grace The Duke Of Sutherland, K.T., P.C., The Rt. Hon. The Lord Talbot De Malahide And Others, 16 May 1960, lot 71
Literature:
Claude Blair, European & American Arms, 1962, p. 87, no. 170 (illustrated)
The inscriptions and heart refer to the journey of Sir James Douglas to the Holy Land with King Robert the Bruce's heart which ended with Douglas's death fighting the Moors in Spain in 1330. The date of 1331 on the blade is almost certainly commemorative and may be a mistake on the part of whoever designed the etched decoration in the belief that Sir Douglas's journey took place in that year
A similar sword is in the Collection of the Duke of Buccleugh
For more information on Thomas Vicaridge (recorded 1682-1715) see Leslie Southwick, London Silver-Hilted Swords ..., 2001, pp. 249-250








