Lot 643
A SCOTTISH BASKET HILTED BROAD SWORD
CIRCA 1700
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts
Auction: 15 August 2018 at 11:00 BST
£3,125
Description
the basket formed from panels pierced with hearts and circles mounted within flat section bars decorated with wide central grooves and flanked by incised lines, with large dome-shaped pommel with reeded decoration, wooden grip and leather liner, the double edged blade with a wide shallow central fuller struck with ANDREA FARARA signed to both sides
Dimensions
86cm long
Footnote
Notes:
For similar swords made in the same style by John Simpson of Glasgow see Cyril Mazansky, "British Basket Hilted Swords", Boydell Press, 2005 fig F16a for a sword in Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow, F7 in the Royal Armouries.