A SCOTTISH BASKET-HILTED BACKSWORD with single-edged blade double-edged towards the point and with narrow fuller along the back edge on each side, the hilt composed of slender bars of near circular section (minor repair) framing five panels incised with lines and pierced with circular holes and triangles, conical pommel incised with lines, and shagreen-covered spirally grooved wooden grip bound with silver ribbon, with iron-mounted leather scabbard, third quarter of the 18th Century