Unusual sword with steel basket guard formed of round bars and flat plates welded together; conical pommel with button finial; leather-wrapped grip with twisted wire. Broad 28 ½" double-edged blade with twin full-length fullers and tapering spear point; inscribed with wrigglework pattern. Leather-covered wood scabbard with iron mounts (no carrying rings) and later leather drag; leather with geometric pattern of diagonal lines. Overall length 35 1/4".

SB941 $895