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Collection Item: Basket Hilted Sword
Basic info
- Collection
- Military History
- Object name
- Basket hilted sword
- Mortuary sword
- Object category
- Weapon
- Object subcategory
- Edged weapon
- Creators
- Unknown (Swordsmith)
- Description
- Double edged blade marked with an orb and double cross and "CLEMENS HONN ME FECIT SOLINGEN". English basket hilt cast, pierced and chased with a decoration showing masks and leaves. German blade with an English hilt.
- Production date start
- 1620
- Production date end
- 1670
- Period
- Stuart
- Jacobean
- Charles I and Civil War
- Commonwealth
- Restoration
Identification
- Object number
- YORCM : CA747
- Alternative number
- YORCM : T675.a
- Number of objects
- 1
- ID
- 30004409
Physical Characteristics
- Dimensions
- Overall length 960.0 mm
- Blade length 820.0 mm
- Blade width 26.0 mm
Production
- Creators
- Unknown (Swordsmith)
- Location
- Solingen
- School/style
- German
