Lot 134

A Scottish basket hilted back sword circa 1730




Jacobite, Stuart, and Scottish Applied Arts
Auction: 13 May 2015 at 12:00 BST
£1,750
Description
the patinated basket formed of round section bars, the side guards pierced with hearts, with plain forward guard plate, missing wrist guard the spiral wooden grip covered in black dogfish skin missing its binding wire but retaining one interlaced ferrule, large rounded plain pommel, the single edge blade retaining some rubbed engraved decoration of a warrior holding a raised sword with indistinct engraving
Dimensions
blade 86.5cm (34 inches) long



