Lot 531
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Scottish basket-hilted horseman's back sword circa 1770
Scottish Silver & Accessories | 388
Auction: 19 August 2013 at 15:00 BST
£1,250
Description
the military hilt of flat section iron with shaped hand guard of lozenge shaped plates (oval at side of guard area and wrist guard missing) with original buff leather liner covered with crimson felt, bun shaped pommel with ray skin grip bound with a treble twist of copper wire with Turks heads, the single edge blade with two long fullers
Dimensions
blade 80cm long
Footnote
Provenance;
The Blair sale, Lyon & Turnbull 14th March 2012 lot 702
Note:This sword is by family tradition the sword of Major Hamilton Blair, 23rd Laird. A similar sword is depicted in the portrait of Colonel William Gordon of Fyvie by Pompeo Batoni (1708 -1787) at Fyvie Castle, Aberdeenshire.