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AN EXCEPTIONAL BASKET-HILTED HIGHLAND DRESS SWORD

Auction 18.07.2002
18.07.2002
Schätzpreis
10.000 £ - 15.000 £
ca. 15.535 $ - 23.302 $
Zuschlagspreis:
20.315 £
ca. 31.559 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 279

AN EXCEPTIONAL BASKET-HILTED HIGHLAND DRESS SWORD

Auction 18.07.2002
18.07.2002
Schätzpreis
10.000 £ - 15.000 £
ca. 15.535 $ - 23.302 $
Zuschlagspreis:
20.315 £
ca. 31.559 $
Beschreibung:

AN EXCEPTIONAL BASKET-HILTED HIGHLAND DRESS SWORD Early 19th Century With earlier tapering blade back-edged towards the hilt and with two shallow fullers stamped with dots and traces of an inscription, probably 'Andrea Ferara', massive silver guard with front loops cast, pierced and chased with a shield bearing a baronet's coat-of-arms and a crested helm flanked by thistle leaves, the first two framed by part of an earlier iron hilt applied externally and engraved 'Two handed in the Battle of Glenfrouin, April 1602/Cut down in 1745 by Ewan ( sic ) MacGregor Esq r. Major in the Highland Army/and Aid de Camp to His Royal Highness Prince Charles Edward', stopper-shaped faceted pommel made from a single large citrine, spirally grooved wooden grip covered with ray skin and partly bound with silver wire, original lining of chamois leather faced with red velvet, and silk tassel (wrist-guard bent), in original wooden scabbard carved with Celtic revival designs and with silver locket and chape, and tin storage case with applied brass plaque engraved 'Sir Malcolm MacGregor of MacGregor' 33¼in. (84.3cm.) blade (2)

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 279
Auktion:
Datum:
18.07.2002
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
London, King Street-South Kensington Offsite sale
Beschreibung:

AN EXCEPTIONAL BASKET-HILTED HIGHLAND DRESS SWORD Early 19th Century With earlier tapering blade back-edged towards the hilt and with two shallow fullers stamped with dots and traces of an inscription, probably 'Andrea Ferara', massive silver guard with front loops cast, pierced and chased with a shield bearing a baronet's coat-of-arms and a crested helm flanked by thistle leaves, the first two framed by part of an earlier iron hilt applied externally and engraved 'Two handed in the Battle of Glenfrouin, April 1602/Cut down in 1745 by Ewan ( sic ) MacGregor Esq r. Major in the Highland Army/and Aid de Camp to His Royal Highness Prince Charles Edward', stopper-shaped faceted pommel made from a single large citrine, spirally grooved wooden grip covered with ray skin and partly bound with silver wire, original lining of chamois leather faced with red velvet, and silk tassel (wrist-guard bent), in original wooden scabbard carved with Celtic revival designs and with silver locket and chape, and tin storage case with applied brass plaque engraved 'Sir Malcolm MacGregor of MacGregor' 33¼in. (84.3cm.) blade (2)

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 279
Auktion:
Datum:
18.07.2002
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
London, King Street-South Kensington Offsite sale
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