AN OFFICER'S HIGHLAND BROADSWORD (CLAYMORE) OF THE 93RD SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS
AN OFFICER'S HIGHLAND BROADSWORD (CLAYMORE) OF THE 93RD SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS

HENRY WILKINSON, PALL MALL, LONDON, CIRCA 1855

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AN OFFICER'S HIGHLAND BROADSWORD (CLAYMORE) OF THE 93RD SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS
Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London, Circa 1855
With double-edged polished blade deeply etched with the officer's name and regiment HAYNES, 93rd HIGHLANDERS and with the Haynes family crest, the motto ESSE QUAM VIDERI and maker's details (point of blade reground), with steel basket hilt with scarlet-faced buff leather lining and crimson silk tassel, steel scabbard with ball finial and two suspension-rings
Provenance
The Parker Gallery, London, 1956

Lot Essay

See note on Edward Court Haynes, whose dirk is offered in Lot 688 above

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