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Description: | Sword, Hunting sword with hilt of silver, The knuckle-bow is struck with the initials TD within a heart, The hilt is composed of a guard with a turned-down shell, the edge of which has a raised rim, The quillon block is fluted vertically on both sides, The knuckle-bow and rear quillon are plain, The knuckle bow widens and is flattened in the middle where the TD mark appears on one side only, The upper end of the knuckle bow fits through a hole in the plain bonnet-shaped pommel, A silver botton fits into a hole in the pommel and the tang is rivetted over the button, The blade, probably made from a broken sword blade, has two fullers, the central of which extends to the point, A short false edge is followed by a serrated back almost to the hilt
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: | 1700-1725 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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