Lot 437
A SCOTTISH BASKET HILTED BROAD SWORD, CIRCA 1890
Auction: 12 August 2015 at 15:00 BST
£2,500
Description
the hilt of round section bars intersected with panels of cast stylised thistles on the side guards, the forward guard a plain panel, with a small wrist guard, fishskin grip bound with a double twist of silver wire with buff leather liner backed with crimson felt with red fringe, the blade etched with VR cypher surmounted with the Royal Crown, with the star of the Order of the Thistle and blade maker's name E SABELL BIRMINGHAM at the ricasso, missing scabbard
Dimensions
Length of blade: 38 inch