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Creator

Unknown

Title

Basket-Hilted Broadsword

Collection

MED - Arms & Armor

Creation date

Hilt: c. 1720, Blade: early 1700s

Culture

hilt: Scotland; blade: Germany, Solingen, hilt: 18th Century

Technique

Steel; liner of buff leather; grip of wood, copper wire and fishskin (ray?)