SCOTTISH BASKET HILTED BROAD SWORD
CIRCA 1718
£3,500
Auction: 7 December 2011 from 11:00 GMT
Description
with Glasgow type basket hilt of flattened bars stamped on the underside of the wrist guard with a 'G' (rubbed), fish skin grip rebound with a triple twist of brass wire and with brass Turk's heads, the double edged German blade with three short fullers for a third of the length and struck with three crescent heads
Dimensions
87cm long (length of blade)
Footnote
The initial on the quillion is possibly that of Robert Gemmill armourer in Glasgow. He was appointed Kings Armourer in 1718.
See 'Swords and Sorrows' exh. April 1996 Culloden, page 29, 1:11 for a similar hilt.