Pre Culloden English dragoon basket hilt?

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by werecow

I have very little expertise in this area but I just want to point out the bars that might get in the way of a saber grip, which in my very limited exposure to these swords (mostly via Matt Easton) might imply something about their dating, although I'm not sure what.

Did I qualify that enough? #impostorsyndrome

Well, I guess that wasn't very useful was it.

I appreciate any input believe me, so thank you!
Im not sure what is meant by saber grip though.
Mostly its hilt features, for example the guard on this has saltire bars keyed to the pommel rather than the ring attached to guard and sitting below pommel.
That suggests this hilt dates c. 1710-30 roughly.
As noted, material on these basket hilts is pretty scattered in numbers of articles etc in sometimes obscure sources.