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A Cavalry Trooper's Basket-Hilted Broadsword Late 18th Century
23 May 2018, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £437.50 inc. premium
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Late 18th Century
Late 18th Century
With fullered blade double-edged towards the rounded point, iron guard of rounded bars with a large saltire on each side between a plain central panel at the front, the ovoidal side panel with stylised 'ram's horn' terminal, and all joined at the top to a ring beneath the pommel, fore-guards, bun-shaped pommel with button, and writhen wooden grip (wormed and damaged) retaining a Turks' head at the base (surface rust and pitting overall)
85.7 cm. blade
85.7 cm. blade
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Provenance
The Stanley Knight Collection, Meaford, Ontario, Canada








