Lot 137

A Scottish basket hilted broad sword of Glasgow type, circa 1700





Jacobite, Stuart, and Scottish Applied Arts
Auction: 13 May 2015 at 12:00 BST
£2,500
Description
the basket formed of round section bars with grooves, side guards with hearts pierced on each plate, small wrist guard, the pommel cut with grooves, the replacement wooden grip bound with leather, the blade with three long fullers struck FERRARA in the centre groove
Dimensions
blade 81cm (32 inches) long




