Lot 643
A SCOTTISH BASKET HILTED BROAD SWORD
CIRCA 1700
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts | 530
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.
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.
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