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Andrea Ferara (active 1700?)
Basket-hilted Claymore 1680 - 1720
Steel, leather, ray skin, wood | 100.0 cm (length) | RCIN 61506
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Scottish claymore, backedged blade with three fullers on each side engraved with 'Andrea Farara'. Steel open work basket hilt lined with white leather, black barrel-shaped wooden grip spirally bound with copper wire. Bun pommel and plain bun-shaped tang button.
Provenance
Recorded in the North Corridor at Windsor Castle (c.1850-66), no. 1329. Not identified in any previous inventories.
Mark on ricasso of oval punch with a pearled edge framing pair of open snuffers entered in register of marks of Solingen Swordsmiths in 1684 by Peter Zilles Kirschbaum. -
Creator(s)
(bladesmith)(nationality)(nationality) -
Medium and techniques
Steel, leather, ray skin, wood
Measurements
100.0 cm (length)
83.7 cm (blade length)
