AN EARLY 17TH CENTURY SCOTTISH BASKET HILTED BROAD SWORD ‡
Auction: Day 2: Thursday 21 August - Lots 297 - end
Description
the pommel of mushroom shape with a button top, the hilt entirely of rounded bars, with thin bars to a square panel forming front guard, the rear guards with S scroll decoration, no wrist guard, the wooden grip lacking, the double edge blade with twin fullers, signed ANDREA FERARA and cross and crescent marks, indistinct running fox
Dimensions
84cm long (blade), 97cm long (overall length)
Provenance
The John Kirk Collection