Basket-Hilted Broadsword

Unknown maker

Medium: steel; liner of buff leather; grip of wood, copper wire and fishskin (ray?)
Dimensions: Overall: 101.6 cm (40 in.); Blade: 85.7 cm (33 3/4 in.); Grip: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); Hilt: 12.8 cm (5 1/16 in.)
Culture: hilt: Scotland; blade: Germany, Solingen, hilt: 18th Century
Department: Medieval Art
Classification: Arms and Armor
Dated: Hilt: c. 1720, Blade: early 1700s
Pixels: 2702 × 3400
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Basket-Hilted Broadsword. Hilt: c. 1720, Blade: early 1700s. The Cleveland Museum of Art.