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Description: | An incomplete iron broadsword with a basket hilt in very good condition. The basket hilt and about a quarter of the blade survive, the rest of the blade is missing due to old breaks. The basket hilt is c175mm in length and c185mm in width. It is openwork and the pommel of the hilt is now missing. The idea of a basket hilt to protect the hand came to England and then to Scotland from the Scandinavian and German sword makers. The double edged blade, hence the name broadsword, measures c194mm in surviving length and 30mm in width, it is tapering gently towards its missing terminal. The incomplete blade end has been flattened and this may suggest that the sword has been reused after it was broken. Basket hilt swords are known in England during the Civil War period (c1640). They are believed to have been in use from the mid 16th century. They continued to be used until the mid 18th century. From 1746 onwards all basket hilt broadswords had a military pattern. Due to its style and light weight this example may have been a 17th century dragoon or officer's sword, used during the English Civil War.
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