Thomas Del Mar - Armour Sale

178 179 180178A NORTH EUROPEAN BACKSWORD, MID-17TH CENTURYwith straight blade double-edged towards the point, struckwith a mark at the forte, steel hilt of flattened bars includingdown-curved quillon, moulded knuckle-guard, outer ringguardfitted with a heart-shaped pierced sprung-in plateand joined to the pommel by an additional arm en suitewith the knuckle-guard, inner-guard fitted with a furtherpierced plate, thumb-loop, flattened heart-shaped pommel,and later wire-bound grip86.4cm; 34in blade£500-600179A VENETIAN SCHIAVONA, SECOND HALF OF THE 18THCENTURYwith tapering blade cut with three slender near full-lengthfullers, rectangular ricasso retaining an early leathercovering, steel hilt with basket-guard of flattened bars, cutwith a brief cyrillic inscription at the front, incorporatingthumb-loop, forward-curled moulded quillon, brass shieldshapedpommel cast with a grotesque in relief on eachside, and wooden grip bound with plaited brass wire97.5cm; 38D in blade£600-800180A SCOTTISH BASKET-HILTED BROADSWORD, SECONDQUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURYwith broad flat tapering blade stamped ‘Me Fecit Solingen’and with a series of decorative marks including the letter Swithin three short fullers on each side (rubbed), decoratedwith the later inscription ‘Right and Prosperity To Scotland’on one side and ‘No Union 17--’ on the respective faces,steel basket-hilt of rounded bars carrying rectangular andalternating broad and slender panels each with cuspededged and pierced with a series of hearts and circles,scrolling quillon (repaired), fluted bun-shaped pommel, andlater grip (pitted throughout)83cm; 32I in blade£800-100073