A Scottish Basket-Hilted Broadsword

A Scottish Basket-Hilted Broadsword Early To Mid-18th Century With tapering double-edged blade with a pair of shallow fullers over each side of the forte etched 'Andrea Ferara' between scrolling foliage (worn), rectangular ricasso, iron guard of rounded bars framing lightly fretted panels incised with line borders and pierced with stylised hearts ánd circles, the main panels centred on saltires, the side-bars each framing an S-shaped bar set at an angle above a stylised 'ram's horn' with shell-shaped terminal, fore-guards, scrolled wrist-guard, bun-shaped pommel cut with triple lines and with separate flattened button, spirally-grooved fishskin-covered wooden grip with woollen tassel at the top, and remains of a buff-leather liner 90.7 cm. blade Footnotes: For a related sword in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow (inv. no. E. 1954. 118), see Cyril Mazansky, British Basket-Hilted Swords , 2005, p. 91, E6a (illustrated) This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com