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Lot 169

A Scottish Officer's Basket-Hilted Broadsword
Late 18th Century

30 April 2014, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £2,250 inc. premium

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A Scottish Officer's Basket-Hilted Broadsword
Late 18th Century

With earlier tapering double-edged blade of flattened hexagonal section, the forte cut with three narrow central fullers on each side and etched with stars, a man-in-the-moon, a sun-in-splendour, and an arm emerging from a cloud holding a sword, iron guard of flat and fluted bars variously pierced with a row of vertical slots, hearts, slipped trefoils and ovals, slender side-panels en suite, border engraved fluted looped fore-guards, scrolled wrist-guard, domed pommel and threaded button each with knurled border, wooden grip wrapped in fishskin (minor damage), and in fine condition
83.9 cm. blade

Footnotes

For a sword of this general type and sold in these Rooms see Antique Arms, Armour and Modern Sporting Guns .., 1 December 2009, lot 393

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