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Collection Item: Basket Hilted Sword
Basic info
- Collection
- Military History
- Object name
- Basket hilted sword
- Mortuary sword
- Hounslow sword
- Object category
- Weapon
- Object subcategory
- Edged weapon
- Creators
- Unknown (Blade maker)
- Description
- Single edged blade with four long, deep, fullers each side, inscribed "ME FECIT HVNSLOE" on both sides. Basket hilt with pierced and chased designs including human masks and a sea monster. Pommel is chiselled with grotesques or monster's heads.
- Production date start
- 1640
- Production date end
- 1650
- Period
- Stuart
- Charles I and Civil War
Identification
- Object number
- YORCM : CA756
- Alternative number
- YORCM : T262
- Number of objects
- 1
- ID
- 30004399
Physical Characteristics
- Dimensions
- Overall length 1,010.0 mm
- Blade length 940.0 mm
Production
- Creators
- Unknown (Blade maker)
- Location
- Hounslow
