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Basket-hilted Backsword (Claidheamh cùi blade first half seventeenth century; hilt, early nineteenth century
Steel, wood, fish skin | 83.0 cm (blade length) | RCIN 28481
Great Stair, Palace of Holyroodhouse
Great Britain
Basket-hilted Backsword (Claidheamh cùil) blade first half seventeenth century; hilt, early nineteenth century
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Basket-hilted broadsword. British steel hilt with domed pommel and fluted tang button. Handle covered in fishskin with steel wire and ribbed ferrule. T-shaped quillon. Basket pierced with crosses. Lining of cream cloth with blue and red ricasso double-edged German blade, four fullers.
Provenance
Presented to the Holyrood Amenity Trust by Major H. Pullar, October 1926.
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Steel, wood, fish skin
Measurements
83.0 cm (blade length)
100.5 cm (whole object)
