Lot 498
A Scottish basket-hilted back-sword
Auction: 19 August 2013 at 15:00 BST
£1,250
Description
circa 1730, with flat section bars pierced with hearts forming a ring below the pommel, with horseman's loop and a wooden grip, the tapering single edged blade with narrow double fuller along the back for most of its length, incised 'Andria' and 'Farara' between 'S' and star marks towards the forte, in a tooled leather scabbard
Dimensions
Blade 86cm long
Footnote
Provenance: Bonhams (Knightsbridge) Auction 18814, 20th April 2011, Lot 118