Will thank you for the link to the 2015 discussion . I noted the pommel and the ring below in this very English basket hilt, and the 60 on the pommel, which seems remarkably close to the 59 on this one. Perhaps in the same unit lineup?
Most interesting on this 'English' hilt is the very Scottish wristguard quillon, a feature from c. 1690s into 1700s, to guard against the much favored Scot wrist cut.
Also interesting are these punched linear dots which I did not notice in that discussion....paternoster? Not applicable here necessarily but I would think of that (if indeed the case) would suggest Jacobite association, but on an English hilt?
It is hard to follow the complications within the '45, where allegiances often transcended nationality, English were sometimes with the Scots and vice versa.
This may prove a most intriguing basket hilt.
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