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Lot 116
A Scottish Basket-Hilted BackswordSecond Quarter Of The 18th Century
23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,250 inc. premium
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Second Quarter Of The 18th Century
Second Quarter Of The 18th Century
With tapering blade double-edged towards the point and cut with three shallow fullers along the back over most of its length on each side, iron guard of rounded bars framing fretted incised and fluted panels pierced with hearts and small circles, the side panels each with 'ram's horn', and with an oval aperture for rein's on one side, fore-guards, small scrolled wrist-guard, bun-shaped pommel cut with flutes and with flattened button, and spirally grooved leather-covered grip bound with twisted steel wire between Turk's heads (some wear and rust patination)
91.5 cm. blade
91.5 cm. blade
Footnotes
A sword with a similar hilt is in the National Museum of Scotland (LA 33). See Cyril Mazansky, British Basket-Hilted Swords, 2005, p. 97, Fle (illustrated)








