AN ENGLISH BASKET-HILTED BROADSWORD, the blade roughly incised with letters on each face of the forte, and with traces of latten-filled mark on one side, the iron hilt with unusual half-basket guard of 'mortuary' type chiselled with petal-shaped panels and scrollwork, and partly pierced with a design of stars and circular holes, and ribbed wooden grip retaining its copper Turk's heads (some pitting overall), mid-17th Century