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Lot 95*
A Basket-Hilted Broadsword In Scottish Late 18th Century Style
24 May 2023, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,280 inc. premium
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A Basket-Hilted Broadsword In Scottish Late 18th Century Style
With tapering double-edged blade with central fuller over most of its length on each side inscribed 'ANDRIA XHX FERARA', iron guard of slender rounded bars (one broken) framing scrolled bars centred on pierced diamond-shaped panels, the one at the front between double scrolls, fore-guard retained by three small screws and pierced with a quatrefoil, integral ring (broken) at the top beneath the bun-shaped pommel, and old spirally-grooved fishskin-covered grip (minor losses) bound with a strand of twisted wire (light pitting overall)
83.9 cm. blade
83.9 cm. blade








