A LATE 16TH CENTURY BASKET HILTED BROADSWORD ‡
Auction: Day 2: Thursday 21 August - Lots 297 - end
Description
the blackened hilt with compressed pommel flat side bars with the main knuckle guard of flat plate pierced with a flat section upswept quillion ahead of the forward guard, and down swept wrist guard, spiral blackened wooden grip, the double edged blade with central fuller
Dimensions
84cm long (blade), 97cm long (overall length)
Provenance
Collection of Stan Share, Ardintinny
By repute from Dunderabe Castle, Loch Fyne circa 1970
The John Kirk Collection
Footnote
These early examples of basket hilted swords are often associated with the island of Malta and the Holy wars.