LAST QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
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A RARE SCOTTISH BASKET-HILTED BACKSWORD
LAST QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
WITH STRAIGHT BLADE AND TWO LONG FULLERS, IRON 'RIBBON' HILT OF UNUSUAL WEIGHT STRUCK WITH A MARK 'VG' (?) IN A SHAPED PUNCH ON THE QUILLON AND WITH RUDIMENTARY FORE-QUILLON, INVOLVING SALTIRES INCORPORATING CIRCULAR PANELS AND S'S, AND ENGRAVED WITH PARALLEL LINES, DOMED POMMEL, AND WOODEN GRIP (AN OLD REPLACEMENT), THE IRON PARTS WITH OLD PATINATED BLACKENED FINISH THROUGHOUT
33¾IN. (85.7CM.) BLADE
CF. ANOTHER 'RIBBON' HILT STAMPED WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE SAME MARK, DISCUSSED BY DAVID H. CALDWELL IN 'TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH WEAPONS - THE LAST PHASES', CATALOGUE OF THE FIFTEENTH PARK LANE ARMS FAIR, FEBRUARY 1998, P. 38, PLATE 5. THE LETTERS 'TG' IN A RECTANGULAR PUNCH APPEAR ON THE HILT OF A BROADSWORD IN THE G.P. JENKINSON COLLECTION, DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED IN THE SWORDS AND THE SORROWS, 1996, P. 44
LAST QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
WITH STRAIGHT BLADE AND TWO LONG FULLERS, IRON 'RIBBON' HILT OF UNUSUAL WEIGHT STRUCK WITH A MARK 'VG' (?) IN A SHAPED PUNCH ON THE QUILLON AND WITH RUDIMENTARY FORE-QUILLON, INVOLVING SALTIRES INCORPORATING CIRCULAR PANELS AND S'S, AND ENGRAVED WITH PARALLEL LINES, DOMED POMMEL, AND WOODEN GRIP (AN OLD REPLACEMENT), THE IRON PARTS WITH OLD PATINATED BLACKENED FINISH THROUGHOUT
33¾IN. (85.7CM.) BLADE
CF. ANOTHER 'RIBBON' HILT STAMPED WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE SAME MARK, DISCUSSED BY DAVID H. CALDWELL IN 'TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH WEAPONS - THE LAST PHASES', CATALOGUE OF THE FIFTEENTH PARK LANE ARMS FAIR, FEBRUARY 1998, P. 38, PLATE 5. THE LETTERS 'TG' IN A RECTANGULAR PUNCH APPEAR ON THE HILT OF A BROADSWORD IN THE G.P. JENKINSON COLLECTION, DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED IN THE SWORDS AND THE SORROWS, 1996, P. 44