Lot 135

A Scottish basket hilted broadsword circa 1730




Jacobite, Stuart, and Scottish Applied Arts
Auction: 13 May 2015 at 12:00 BST
£2,500
Description
with elongated dark patinated basket formed of round section bars with the side guards pierced with hearts with two S 's forming the back guards at each side with a large wide wrist guard, the spiral wooden grip covered in black dogfish skin missing its binding wire but retaining one scalloped ferrule conical pommel cut in quartered groves, the German double edge blade struck with a running wolf mark of Solingen
Dimensions
blade 76cm (30 inches) long



