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A SCOTTISH BASKET HILT BACK SWORD OF BREADALBANE TYPE.
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Item Number: GE.064
From a distinct group of cavalry swords which armed regiments organized under the Campbells of Breadalbane. The blade etched first quarter with scrolling foliage, thistle and lattice motifs. Basket weave form hilt with large central hand engraved badge of a crowned thistle in a heart. The Campbells were loyal to the crown through the Scottish Rebellion and formed several regiments providing troops to serve King George III in the years following. This example is distinguished by its excellent preservation.
Blade length: 30"
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37 double edged blade with broad central fuller at the forte etched each side with Prudentia et Constantia, and crowned Georgian royal cipher with the GR obliterated both sides.
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The blade virtually identical including the erased ciphers and clearly etched by the same hand. A second example Denman family sword of the Rebellion period.
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This sword is from a group of which about a dozen examples are known. Variations in the configuration of the hilt elements include examples with and with out a forward quillon and the inclusion of an oval rein aperture.
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