Sale 9436
London, King Street-South Kensington Offsite sale
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18 July 2002
Price realised
GBP 4,780
Estimate
A RARE SCOTTISH BASKET-HILTED BACKSWORD, THE HILT BY JOHN SIMPSON THE YOUNGER OF GLASGOW Second quarter of the 18th Century With tapering blade with two fullers on each side of the forte, each stamped 'Andria Ferara', signed iron guard of fluted bars of rectangular section involving fretted panels pierced with circles and triangles and an oval aperture for the reins, scrolled wrist-guard, fluted pommel, and spirally fluted wooden grip retaining part of its shagreen covering (iron parts with surface pitting) 36in. (91.5cm.) blade
Provenance
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John Simpson the Younger was admitted to the Incorporation of Hammermen in 1711 and was dead by 1749
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