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Mark Deyer
3rd August 2013, 06:15 PM
Hi,
This sword came out of the woodwork locally from the family of the original owner ,overall in very good condition the leather of the scabbard has almost fossilized? there is a similar hilt at the York museum[in the book on English Basket Hilts] the inner guard is dated 1731? and 2 other marks a set of punched dots and a small mark that i can't work out,the inner guard has what appears to be black pitch which also appears to have at one time also been on the outside?has a very old scabbard repair .
there are 2 further marks a 45 and a 60 0n the scabbard and pommel ,
Any help much appreciated.
Thanks Mark