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Lot 115*

A Composite Scottish Basket-Hilted Broadsword
Last Quarter Of The 17th Century

23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Composite Scottish Basket-Hilted Broadsword
Last Quarter Of The 17th Century

With tapering flattened blade incised 'Andrea Ferara' divided with 'eyelash' marks and with running wolf mark beyond in the short shallow fuller on each side of the forte, short fluted ricasso, iron 'ribbon' guard of broad flat bars (incomplete at the pommel) involving saltires, circular panels, and an 'S' on each side (one joint cracked), most of the bars incised with triple parallel lines, rudimentary quillons and later pommel, grip, and liner, the back of the guard struck with a mark, a capital 'B' (minor surface pitting overall)
91.4 cm. blade

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Provenance
The Estate of John M. Kauffmann, Maine, U.S.A.

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