Early Scottish Backsword

Description:

Early Scottish Backsword, mid-17th century, steel basket hilt with wide open structure and narrow panels, short broad pommel with line decoration, on a straight single-edge blade with single wide fuller, false edge at the tip and punched abstract bladesmith's mark near the hilt, blade lg. 35 7/8, overall lg. 41 1/4 in.
Estimate $1,000-2,000

Overall brown patina with moderate underlying pitting, grip missing, blade with scattered nicks and blunt tip.


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