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Lot 94

A Scottish Basket-hilted broadsword
Second Quarter of the 18th century

11 May 2016, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,875 inc. premium

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A Scottish Basket-hilted broadsword
Second Quarter of the 18th century

With tapering double-edged blade incised with a running wolf mark on each side near the forte, the latter fullered along each face and incised '1066' between groups of four pellet marks, iron guard of flattened bars framing panels pierced with hearts and circles within incised line borders, the main panels centred on saltires, the side panels each with 'ram's horn' terminal, fore-guards, scrolled wrist-guard, fluted bun-shaped pommel, fishskin-wrapped grip (binding missing), and old buff-leather liner faced in red woollen cloth (some pitting overall)
85.5 cm. blade

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Provenance
Acquired by the vendor's father at some time during the 1960s

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