AN ENGLISH BASKET-HILTED BROADSWORD with tapering fullered double-edged blade with copper-filled running wolf mark (copper incomplete) on one side and orb and cross mark on the other, 'Irish' basket hilt of blackened iron, with two loop guards and comprising narrow vertical and saltire-shaped bars (one broken), each of the latter with a central disc, large globular pommel, and leather-covered wooden grip (wormed, surface rust overall), circa 1610-20

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AN ENGLISH BASKET-HILTED BROADSWORD with tapering fullered double-edged blade with copper-filled running wolf mark (copper incomplete) on one side and orb and cross mark on the other, 'Irish' basket hilt of blackened iron, with two loop guards and comprising narrow vertical and saltire-shaped bars (one broken), each of the latter with a central disc, large globular pommel, and leather-covered wooden grip (wormed, surface rust overall), circa 1610-20
32in. blade

Lot Essay

See Claude Blair, 'The Early Basket-Hilt in Britain', Scottish Weapons and Fortifications (ed. D. Caldwell), 1981, pp.153-252

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