Lot Essay
The second item appears to be an example of the swords worn by officers of the 1st battalion of the Breadalbane Fencibles Regiment, raised by Lord Breadalbane in 1793
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A CAVALRY BACKSWORD with straight fullered blade double-edged towards the point, struck on one face with running fox mark of Samuel Harvey of Birmingham (rubbed), iron hilt with basket guard of Scottish form but protecting the front of the hand only, comprising slender bars and panels with circular and heart-shaped piercings, oval opening on the inside of the hand, bun-shaped pommel, and spirally grooved shagreen-covered grip bound with twisted wire (shagreen damaged), late 18th Century; and a Scottish military broadsword with fullered double-edged blade, iron hilt comprising hemispherical basket guard of two plates welded vertically, pierced with thistle-headed scrolls framing a circular central panel engraved with a device (rubbed), later conical pommel, and spirally ribbed wooden grip (binding missing), circa 1793
33¼in. and 31¼in. blades (2)
33¼in. and 31¼in. blades (2)