SCOTTISH BASKET HILTED BROADSWORD
MID 18TH CENTURY
£3,276
Auction: Select Property from Towie Barclay Castle, Aberdeenshire - 27th March 2024 at 10am
Description
the basket formed of flat section bars with incised lines, elongated side guards with crosses pierced on each plate, a dragoons loop and arched quillon, the pommel of flat bun shape, replacement wooden grip, the blade with two fullers and engraved with a crowned ‘PG’ to both sides, signed ‘S. Harvey’ to one side and dated 1752 to the other, blade 97cm long
Dimensions
116cm long
Provenance
Karen and the late Marc Ellington, Towie Barclay Castle, Aberdeenshire