Basket-Hilted Sword
Unknown
1730–50 · Steel, gold, leather, wood, velvet · Arms and Armor
The hilt of this sword may have been refurbished and decorated around the time of King George IV's state visit to Scotland in 1822, which sparked a revival in traditional Scottish fashions.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1730–50
- Medium
- Steel, gold, leather, wood, velvet
- Culture
- Scottish
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1904
