Lot 434
A SCOTTISH BASKET HILTED BACK SWORD
CIRCA 1730
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts
Auction: 16 August 2017 at 12:00 BST
£3,125
Description
the hilt with elongated side guards pierced with hearts, short wrist guard, bun shaped pommel, the wooden grip covered in black leather and bound with a twist of wire with Turks head ferule, single edge blade with twin fullers at the back edge
Dimensions
Overall length: 96cm, blade length: 79cm
Footnote
Note: This hilt closely resembles that worn by James Moray of Abercariney in his portrait by Jeremiah Davidson circa 1737. See 'Swords and Sorrows' Exhibition Catalogue 1996, Culloden, page 32 no. 1:21. for a similar sword.