Lot 433
A SCOTTISH BASKET HILT SWORD
CIRCA 1730
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts
Auction: 16 August 2017 at 12:00 BST
£3,250
Description
elongated side guards pierced with hearts, and unusually inset with copper alloy lines some in saltire shape, small curved wrist guard, conical shaped pommel, the wooden grip covered in ray skin and bound with a double twist of brass wire, double edge blade with twin fullers at the back edge
Dimensions
Overall length: 95cm, blade length: 78cm