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Lot 150*

A Rare English Basket-Hilted Broadsword
Mid-17th Century

23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Rare English Basket-Hilted Broadsword
Mid-17th Century

With tapering flattened blade incised 'Andria Ferara' (worn on one side) divided by 'eyelash' marks in the hollowed forte with orb and cross mark beyond, fullered ricasso of rectangular section, 'Irish' guard of slender rounded bars involving a saltire on each side incised with single lines, slender fore-guards, globular pommel incised with four pairs of lines, and later spirally-grooved leather-covered grip (scattered surface pitting overall)
97.7 cm. blade

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

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