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Great Britain
Basket-hilted Backsword (Claidheamh cùil) 1600 - 1725
Steel, wood | 82.0 cm (blade length) | RCIN 28488
Great Stair, Palace of Holyroodhouse
Great Britain
Basket-hilted Backsword (Claidheamh cùil) 1600 - 1725
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Claymore basket-hilted backsword with Scottish steel hilt and domed pommel with groove and four radial flutes and tang button. Barrel-shaped wooden grip covered in grey fishskin. Plain straight one-edged German blade (possibly Solingen) with ricasso and two fullers.
Provenance
Presented to the Holyrood Amenity Trust by Major H. Pullar. October 1926.
Recorded in Pullar's 1937 catalogue with the note, 'From Sir Henry Irving's sale'. -
Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Steel, wood
Measurements
82.0 cm (blade length)
98.3 cm (whole object)
