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Description: | Sword, Double edged Basket hilt constructed from the following basic elements: an oblong counter guard with rounded corners, two quillons in one piece knuckle guard the end of which fits into a recess in the pommel, The branches are bars with the exception of side plates which are flat and shaped, The sides of the basket unite in the knuckle-guard which is the only part of the basket touching the pommel, The pommel is a flat,bun-shaped piece of metal with grooves around the perimeter, Its weight gives noticeable balance to the sword, The blade is of diamond-shaped cross-section with two noticeable tapers
Field collector: Gordon, Alexander | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 1575-1600; EMOD | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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