AN ENGLISH BASKET-HILTED BACKSWORD with single-edged fullered blade double-edged towards the point, oblong ricasso struck with a mark, the fullers stamped with an inscription (rubbed), 'Irish' guard of slender iron bars (old repairs) involving saltires with oblong central panels, flattened ball pommel, and wooden grip with copper Turk's heads (split, binding missing, pitted throughout), circa 1640