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Lot 144

A Cavalry Trooper's Basket-Hilted Backsword
Late 18th Century

23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£500 - £650

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A Cavalry Trooper's Basket-Hilted Backsword
Late 18th Century

With tapering blade double-edged towards the point (slightly adapted) and cut with a double fuller along the back for most of its length on each side, iron guard of flattered bars with a large saltire on each side, stamped with obsolete mark and joined at the top to a ring beneath the pommel (one bar detached), the side panels each with 'ram's horn' terminal, fore-guards, bun-shaped pommel, and fishskin-covered grip spirally bound with a strand of twisted brass wire (some rust patination overall)
84.4 cm. blade

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