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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
The medals and associate ephemera and uniforms of Arthur Watts, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons
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Lot 94*

A Rare English Or Lowland Scottish Basket-Hilted Broadsword
Late 16th/Early 17th Century

Antique Arms and Armour Including The Ray Wilkinson Collection
24 May 2023, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Rare English Or Lowland Scottish Basket-Hilted Broadsword
Late 16th/Early 17th Century

With tapering double-edged blade incised with a rubbed running wolf mark on each side forward of the forte, the latter cut with three narrow central fullers on both sides incised 'ANDREA FERARA' between 'x' and 'eyelash' marks, iron guard of slender flat rectangular bars filled with four plates beneath (two missing) and two at the front (minor old holes), two saltires on both sides each centred on a lozenge-shaped panel, upturned quillon at the front, integral half-ring with riveted extension beneath the associated bun-shaped pommel, and replacement spirally-grooved wooden grip (some old wear and pitting overall)
86.4 cm. blade

Footnotes

For a discussion of guards of this type see Claude Blair, 'The Early Basket-Hilt in Britain', Scottish Weapons and Fortifications 1100-1800, D.H. Caldwell (ed.), Edinburgh, 1981, pp. 221-227, fig. 124-5 and 128; G.M. Wilson, 'Notes on Some Early Basket-Hilted Swords', J.A.A.S., Vol. XII, No. 1 (March 1986), pp. 10-12, pls. VII, VIII; and Cyril Mazansky, British Basket-Hilted Swords, 2005, p. 59, A18 for an example in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh

Cf. another example sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms, Armour and Modern Sporting Guns..., 1 December 2009, lot 414

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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
The medals and associate ephemera and uniforms of Arthur Watts, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons
A Pair Of Highland All-Metal Percussion Belt Pistols Signed Paton & Walsh Perth, Mid 19th century
A Silver-Mounted Left-Hand Dagger, probably German, Italian or English Late 16th Century Or Later
FOUR REPRODUCTION CARVED POWDER HORNS/FLASKS.late 20th century.
THREE CARVED COCONUT ITEMS.18th/19th century.
A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE AND REPRODUCTION POWDER FLASKS AND RELATED SPORTING ITEMS.
THREE VICTORIAN ARMS AND ARMOUR DECORATIVE ITEMS.