A 17TH CENTURY SCOTTISH RIBBON HILTED BROADSWORD ‡
Auction: Day 2: Thursday 21 August - Lots 297 - end
Description
the pommel of compressed conical form, the basket formed of forged sheet with scrolls, arches and wavy-edged bars, the forward guard with protruding ‘nose’ or ‘beak’, the spiral wooden grip with fish skin binding, the double edge blade with indistinct engraving, IOH AIIII (?) and arched and cross motifs
Dimensions
90cm long (blade), 104cm long (overall length)
Provenance
The John Kirk Collection