Claymore

Unknown

16th–17th century · Steel, wood · Arms and Armor

This is a rare complete example of the classic form of two-handed sword used in the Scottish Highlands, called a claymore (literally, "great sword"). The term is also applied to the basket-hilted sword characteristic of Scotland from at least the eighteenth century onward.

Artist

Unknown

Date

16th–17th century

Medium

Steel, wood

Culture

hilt, Scottish; blade, German, Solingen

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Bequest of Alan Rutherfurd Stuyvesant, 1954