Broadsword
Category
Arms and armour
Date
1700 - 1730
Materials
Metal
Measurements
1005 mm (L)
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Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire
NT 783252
Summary
Basket-hilted broadsword, Scots, early c. 18th; symmetrical basket hilt of two broad quillons with pair of loops below forward quillon; quillons joined to pommel by several loops and straps, these pierced with dot-and-triangle motifs; wooden grip; broad blade with three fullers marked each side with pair of crescent moons with face.