A LATE 16TH/ EARLY 17TH CENTURY LATTICE FORMED BASKET-HILTED SWORD
Auction: Day 2: Thursday 21 August - Lots 297 - end
Description
the spiralled three-quarter basket hilt formed of diamond-section bars with scroll quillion and pierced knuckle guard, with hexagonal pyramid knop, wire grip encased in concretions, the double edge blade broken and in relic condition
Dimensions
47.5cm (blade) 68cm (overall)
Footnote
Literature: See The Baron of Earlshall The Scottish Basket-hilted Sword circa 1450-1600, volume 1, plate 310 and 311 for another Scottish example of close comparison in the Norsk Folkemuseum Oslo.