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An English baskethilted officer's backswordcirca 1750
8 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San FranciscoSold for US$2,340 inc. premium
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An English baskethilted officer's backsword
circa 1750
circa 1750
Straight 30 1/2 inch single edged blade with broad, shallow fuller, engraved with two still lifes of vases and flowers on both sides above the hilt. Russet steel hilt comprised of round and rounded rectangular bars in the form of loops and S-forms extending from three diamond-shaped panels. Compressed ovoid pommel with tang button. Grip wrapped in white shagreen bound in a single strand of twisted brass wire and retaining the original brass wire turk's head ferrules. Complete with original black leather scabbard, the steel throat with frog stud, the drag replaced.
Condition: Blade with mottled patina showing staining and areas of light pitting with some heavier pitting towards the point. Hilt with brown patina, the basket with one bar missing between the tip of the quillon and the upper bar of the interior guard. Scabbard with considerable surface scuffing but sound.
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Condition: Blade with mottled patina showing staining and areas of light pitting with some heavier pitting towards the point. Hilt with brown patina, the basket with one bar missing between the tip of the quillon and the upper bar of the interior guard. Scabbard with considerable surface scuffing but sound.
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Footnotes
Note: Purchased, December, 1985, Peter Dale, Ltd., London.








