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Basket-hilted Broadsword 1600 - 1700
Steel, wood, leather, cotton | 85.5 cm (blade length) | RCIN 28475
Great Stair, Palace of Holyroodhouse
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Claymore basket-hilted broadsword with domed pommel, tang button. The hilt Scottish, possibly about 1680. Knuckle guard pierced with heart shapes. Full liner of buff twill covered in red cloth bound with blue tape. Plain two-edged Solingen blade and central fuller with incisions.
Provenance
Presented to the Holyrood Amenity Trust by Major H. Pullar. October 1926.
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Acquirer(s)
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Medium and techniques
Steel, wood, leather, cotton
Measurements
85.5 cm (blade length)
100.3 cm (whole object)
