AN EXTREMELY RARE HIGHLAND SCOTTISH TWO-HAND SWORD (CLAIDHEAMH MOR)
CIRCA 1580
AN EXTREMELY RARE HIGHLAND SCOTTISH TWO-HAND SWORD (CLAIDHEAMH MOR) CIRCA 1580 With characteristic German broad flat blade cut with a shallow short fuller on both sides at the forte, retaining traces of an orb inlaid in latten on one side, and the ricasso struck on both sides with three marks within a linear frame terminating in a pair of 'eyelash' stamps, strongly formed downward-slanting faceted quillons with pierced quatrefoil terminals, a pair of slender tapering langets issuant from a pair of raised shoulders below a tubular collar, and the tips of the langets with traces of characteristic simple linear engraving (the grip a 19 t h century addition) 37½in (95.2cm) blade
AN EXTREMELY RARE HIGHLAND SCOTTISH TWO-HAND SWORD (CLAIDHEAMH MOR)
CIRCA 1580
AN EXTREMELY RARE HIGHLAND SCOTTISH TWO-HAND SWORD (CLAIDHEAMH MOR) CIRCA 1580 With characteristic German broad flat blade cut with a shallow short fuller on both sides at the forte, retaining traces of an orb inlaid in latten on one side, and the ricasso struck on both sides with three marks within a linear frame terminating in a pair of 'eyelash' stamps, strongly formed downward-slanting faceted quillons with pierced quatrefoil terminals, a pair of slender tapering langets issuant from a pair of raised shoulders below a tubular collar, and the tips of the langets with traces of characteristic simple linear engraving (the grip a 19 t h century addition) 37½in (95.2cm) blade
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